HR 993
114th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act
Introduced: February 13, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 13, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act
Repeals provisions that: (1) prohibit the initiation of Department of Veterans Affairs programs providing independent living services and assistance for greater than 2,700 veterans in each fiscal year, and (2) require giving first priority under such programs to veterans for whom the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal is precluded solely as a result of disability.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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