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S 1723 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017

Introduced: August 2, 2017 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 2, 2017
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Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017

This bill authorizes and appropriates funds to increase veterans access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, including by: (1) hiring primary and specialty care physicians and other medical staff, (2) establishing medical residency programs and increasing residency positions, and (3) improving VA health facility infrastructure.

What's happening now August 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1723: Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1723/
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"S. 1723: Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1723/.
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S. 1723, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1723/.
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[S. 1723: Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1723/)
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