HR 2648
115th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Transition Improvement Act
Introduced: May 24, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-825, Part I.
May 23, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 23, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 24, 2017
Introduced in House
May 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 24, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Plain-English summary
Veterans Transition Improvement Act
This bill amends the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 to extend the policy entitling new federal employees who are veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more to a specified amount of leave for medical treatment for such disability to Veterans Health Administration physicians, dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-function dental auxiliaries.
What's happening now
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-825, Part I.
Committees of jurisdiction
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