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HR 5967 109th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Family planning and birth control Government Operations and Politics Government corporations Health Law Legal Services Corporation Legal aid Reprogramming of appropriated funds Veterans' medical care

America's Commitment to Veterans Act

Introduced: September 29, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Aug 3, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 1, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
Jul 28, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 28, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America's Commitment to Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds appropriated for FY2007 for the Legal Services Corporation and for family planning programs under the Public Health Service Act to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans' medical services.

What's happening now August 3, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 13, 2006
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Nov 13, 2006
SOUDER, MARK
· Sep 29, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5967: America's Commitment to Veterans Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5967/
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"H.R. 5967: America's Commitment to Veterans Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5967/.
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H.R. 5967, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5967/.
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