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HR 3473 108th Congress House Health Armed Forces and National Security Eye care Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Osteopathy and osteopaths Physicians Surgeons Surgery Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care

Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2003

Introduced: November 6, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 6, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2003 - Allows eye surgery at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility, or facility under contract with the Department, to be performed only by a licensed medical doctor or licensed doctor of osteopathy.

What's happening now November 13, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2743 Related bill Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2004
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 12, 2004
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 25, 2004
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 11, 2004
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 21, 2004
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 20, 2004
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jan 20, 2004
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 8, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 6, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3473: Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3473/
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"H.R. 3473: Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3473/.
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H.R. 3473, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3473/.
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