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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 6, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 24, 2015
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Feb 13, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 993: Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-993/
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