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HR 3113 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Alternative and renewable resources Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Electric power generation and transmission Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Veterans' medical care

Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015

Introduced: October 26, 2015 Introduced by: Weber, Randy K. Sr. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 16, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015

Prohibits the appropriation of funds, or the obligation or expenditure of funds by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for any VA alternative energy generation project unless the funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law.

Directs the VA to transfer all unobligated funds that were appropriated to it before this Act's enactment for an alternative energy generation project to the VA's account funding veterans' medical care.

What's happening now August 5, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 2
Hensarling, Jeb
· Oct 26, 2015
Ratcliffe, John
· Oct 26, 2015
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Jul 16, 2015
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jul 16, 2015
Jenkins, Evan
· Jul 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3113: Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3113/
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