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HR 5290 102th Congress House

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of installing telephones in patient rooms in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

Introduced: June 25, 1992 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security ArizonaHealthPennsylvaniaTelephone
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 28, 1992
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 Latest action May 28, 1992

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program at the Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Tucson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, to demonstrate the feasibility of installing telephones for use by patients in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of such pilot program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 25, 1992
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 25, 1992
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Jun 17, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5290: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of installing telephones in patient rooms in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-5290/
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"H.R. 5290: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of installing telephones in patient rooms in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-5290/.
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H.R. 5290, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-5290/.
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