HR 3181
113th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sep 25, 2013
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt administrative expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from any presidential sequestration order issued under that Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3181: Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3181/
"H.R. 3181: Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3181/.
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