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HRES 701 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Labor-management relations Veterans' medical care

Expressing support for policies that maintain a robust, fully funded and staffed Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and do not jeopardize care for veterans by moving…

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Expressing support for policies that maintain a robust, fully funded and staffed Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and do not jeopardize care for veterans by moving essential resources to the for-profit private sector.

Introduced: November 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Nov 14, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses support for policies that provide necessary resources to maintain a robust Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and create integrated veterans health care networks.

The resolution also expresses opposition to policies that would move resources from the VHA to the private sector.

Additionally, the resolution supports the right to form, join, and operate independent labor unions in the government and private sector and opposes efforts against unionizing and collective bargaining procedures.

What's happening now November 14, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 8, 2020
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Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Feb 18, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 10, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 19, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 3, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 3, 2019
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Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 3, 2019
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Nov 14, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Nov 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 701: Expressing support for policies that maintain a robust, fully funded and staffed Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and do not jeopardize care for veterans by moving essential resources to the for-profit private sector.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-701/
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"H. Res. 701: Expressing support for policies that maintain a robust, fully funded and staffed Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and do not jeopardize care for veterans by moving essential resources to the for-profit private sector.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-701/.
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H. Res. 701, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-701/.
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[H. Res. 701: Expressing support for policies that maintain a robust, fully funded and staffed Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs and do not jeopardize care for veterans by moving essential resources to the for-profit private sector.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-701/)
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