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HR 4559 107th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Veterans Affairs Disaster relief Emergency Management Executive reorganization Federal officials Government Operations and Politics

Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002

Introduced: April 24, 2002 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 24, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 24, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002 - Increases from six to seven the number of authorized Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and adds Department operations, preparedness, security, and law enforcement to their required functions.
What's happening now April 30, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4559: Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4559/
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"H.R. 4559: Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4559/.
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H.R. 4559, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4559/.
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