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H.R. 1256 118th Congress House

Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health and Assistant Unde… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 28, 2023 Introduced by: Frank J. Mrvan Democratic · Indiana See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans AffairsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 24, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-946.
Dec 24, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 795.
Apr 28, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 28, 2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 28, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Apr 18, 2023
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 29, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Latest action December 24, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 795.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act

This bill modifies certain restrictions on appointments in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Specifically, the bill limits the term of the Under Secretary for Health to five years. (Currently, there is no term limit.)

The bill also removes the cap on the number of Assistant Under Secretaries for Health, and provides that the VA may appoint as many as it determines are necessary. Additionally, the bill removes certain requirements for appointing Assistant Under Secretaries for Health (e.g., the requirement that at least one appointee must be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine).

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • BALLARD SPAHR LLP
    for THE WORD AND BROWN COMPANIES · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • BALLARD SPAHR LLP
    for THE WORD AND BROWN COMPANIES · California · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • BALLARD SPAHR LLP
    for THE WORD AND BROWN COMPANIES · California · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • BALLARD SPAHR LLP
    for THE WORD AND BROWN COMPANIES · California · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · May 10, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1256: Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1256/
MLA
"H.R. 1256: Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1256/.
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H.R. 1256, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1256/.
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[H.R. 1256: Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1256/)
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