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HR 5938 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans HOPE Act

Introduced: November 9, 2021 Introduced by: Murphy, Gregory F. Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 9, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 9, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Heroin Overdose Prevention Examination Act or the Veterans HOPE Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died from opioid overdoses during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran.

The VA shall report on the results of the review and make such report publicly available.

What's happening now November 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 5
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Letlow, Julia
Louisiana · Dec 9, 2021
 R
Baird, James R.
Indiana · Nov 16, 2021
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Nov 15, 2021
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Nov 15, 2021
Stewart, Chris
· Nov 15, 2021
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Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Nov 12, 2021
O'Halleran, Tom
· Nov 12, 2021
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Nov 9, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5938: Veterans HOPE Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5938/
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"H.R. 5938: Veterans HOPE Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5938/.
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H.R. 5938, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5938/.
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[H.R. 5938: Veterans HOPE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5938/)
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