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S 2128 112th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Veterans' medical care

Protecting the Health Care of Veterans Act of 2012

Introduced: February 17, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Feb 17, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Feb 17, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting the Health Care of Veterans Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exclude veterans' medical care accounts from the maximum 2% permissible reduction in budget authority pursuant to a sequestration order.

What's happening now February 17, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3895 Related bill Protect VA Healthcare Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 7, 2012
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 17, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2128: Protecting the Health Care of Veterans Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2128/
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"S. 2128: Protecting the Health Care of Veterans Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2128/.
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S. 2128, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2128/.
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