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HR 5359 107th Congress House

Veterans Outreach Protection Act

Official title: To rescind the Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum of July 18, 2002, in which Directors of health service networks in the Department of Veterans Affairs … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To rescind the Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum of July 18, 2002, in which Directors of health service networks in the Department of Veterans Affairs are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks.

Introduced: September 10, 2002 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Access to health careGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment publicityHealthVeterans' medical care
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 10, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 10, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans Outreach Protection Act - Rescinds a Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and management which requires directors of Department health service networks to ensure that no marketing activities for the enrollment of new veterans occur within their networks.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Independent 1
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 26, 2002
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 19, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 19, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 18, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 17, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 17, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5359: Veterans Outreach Protection Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5359/
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"H.R. 5359: Veterans Outreach Protection Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5359/.
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H.R. 5359, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5359/.
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