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A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and…

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A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 29, 2021 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 29, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a plan for obligating and expending covered funds, which are funds made available to the VA for response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

The bill requires the VA to submit biweekly reports regarding obligations, expenditures, and planned uses of the funds until seven days after the VA has expended all covered funds.

The Inspector General of the VA must submit reports examining the obligations and expenditures made using covered funds during the specified reporting period.

Finally, the Government Accountability Office must submit an interim report and final report containing a review of obligations and expenditures made using covered funds.

What's happening now April 29, 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2911 Related bill VA Transparency & Trust Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 17, 2021
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · May 13, 2021
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 13, 2021
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1446: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1446/
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"S. 1446: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1446/.
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S. 1446, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1446/.
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[S. 1446: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1446/)
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