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HR 1688 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Health personnel Hearing, speech, and vision care Medical education Veterans' medical care

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.

Introduced: March 26, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 14, 2015
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 7, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 26, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate up to 20 graduate medical education residency positions for the study of optometry.

What's happening now July 14, 2015

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 17 Republican 8
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Dec 8, 2016
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 8, 2016
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 25, 2016
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · May 25, 2016
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · May 12, 2016
Graves, Tom
· Apr 28, 2016
Young, David
· Apr 27, 2016
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Apr 26, 2016
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Apr 26, 2016
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Apr 21, 2016
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 20, 2016
Duffy, Sean
· Apr 20, 2016
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 20, 2016
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 20, 2016
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jan 6, 2016
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Nov 4, 2015
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Oct 28, 2015
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Oct 22, 2015
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Oct 1, 2015
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 21, 2015
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 14, 2015
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jun 4, 2015
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 4, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 4, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Apr 15, 2015
Blum, Rod
· Apr 15, 2015
Bridenstine, Jim
· Apr 15, 2015
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Lieu, Ted
California · Apr 15, 2015
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Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Apr 15, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1688: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1688/
MLA
"H.R. 1688: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1688/.
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H.R. 1688, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1688/.
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[H.R. 1688: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1688/)
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