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H.R. 2648 115th Congress House

Veterans Transition Improvement Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are prov… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 29, 2017 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans AffairsDisability and paralysisEmployee leaveGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' medical care
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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
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.
May 24, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 16, 2018

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-825, Part I.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 4 Republican 2
MacArthur, Thomas
· Oct 5, 2018
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Oct 5, 2018
Walters, Mimi
· Oct 5, 2018
UPTON, FRED
· Jul 11, 2018
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Jun 12, 2018
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 29, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Nov 29, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Nov 29, 2017
JONES, WALTER
· Nov 29, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 29, 2017
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 24, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2648: Veterans Transition Improvement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2648/
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"H.R. 2648: Veterans Transition Improvement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2648/.
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H.R. 2648, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2648/.
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