S 899
115th Congress
Senate
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 Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act
Everywhere this bill has been
25 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 7, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-238.
Sep 7, 2018
Signed by President.
Aug 28, 2018
Presented to President.
Aug 23, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 22, 2018
Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5869)
Aug 22, 2018
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5869)
Jul 17, 2018
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Jul 16, 2018
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 16, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 16, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6213-6214)
Jul 16, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6213-6214)
Jul 16, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 899.
Jul 16, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6213-6215)
Jul 16, 2018
Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 21, 2018
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.
Mar 21, 2018
Received in the House.
Mar 21, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 21, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mar 20, 2018
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1848)
Mar 20, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1848)
Mar 20, 2018
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1848)
Mar 20, 2018
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1848)
May 17, 2017
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.
Apr 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Ask about this bill
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Plain-English summary
Veterans Providing Healthcare 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
Became Public Law No: 115-238.
Related & companion bills
1
Bill text
6 versions
- Engrossed Amendment House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Engrossed in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Enrolled Bill Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Public Law Formatted Text PDF United States Legislative Markup
- Referred in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
2
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 899: Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-899/
"S. 899: Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-899/.
S. 899, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-899/.
[S. 899: Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-899/)