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HR 2634 107th Congress House

Equitable Care for All Veterans Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the formula, known as the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) system, for the allocation of fu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the formula, known as the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) system, for the allocation of funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care to different geographic regions of the Nation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2001 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative procedureAuthorizationDepartment of Veterans AffairsEconomics and Public Finance
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jul 25, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 25, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Equitable Care for All Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the funding allocation formula for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care system known as the Veterans Resource Allocation (VERA) system to provide for the incorporation of regional differences in the cost of providing health care to veterans as part of the criteria used to determine the national means differential used. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the effects of such modifications on the regional allocation of funds available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care and, if the modifications do not result in a substantive shift in such allocations, to terminate VERA.

Directs the Secretary, if required to terminate VERA, to develop a new formula for the allocation of funds to the Department's national service regions, known as Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), that takes into account specified requirements, including additional costs incurred by a VISN because the age of veterans, or the number of veterans requiring complex care, in that VISN exceeds the median for all VISNs.

Authorizes additional appropriations to be allocated to VISNs that have experienced funding reductions.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 25, 2001
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 25, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 25, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 25, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 25, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2634: Equitable Care for All Veterans Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2634/
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