Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act
USA116th CongressHR-1812| House
| Updated: 10/20/2020
David P. Roe
Republican Representative
Tennessee
Cosponsors (2)
Health Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act This bill expands eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services through Vet Centers to certain members of the Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves. Specifically, eligibility is expanded to include (1) members of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation; and (2) members of the National Guard or Reservists who were activated due to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President, or responded to a disaster or civil disorder in a state. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide social and psychological services to eligible veterans, active duty service members, and their families. The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 51.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-75.
Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4034-4035)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1812.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4034)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4034)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate, read twice.
AUTHORIZING DUPLICATE ENGROSSMENT - Mr. Cunningham asked for unanimous consent that the Clerk be authorized to produce a duplicate engrossment of H.R. 1812. Agreed to without objection.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5881)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 116-176.
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil disturbancesCoast guardDrug trafficking and controlled substancesMental healthMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reservesNatural disastersVeterans' medical care
Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act
USA116th CongressHR-1812| House
| Updated: 10/20/2020
Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act This bill expands eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services through Vet Centers to certain members of the Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves. Specifically, eligibility is expanded to include (1) members of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation; and (2) members of the National Guard or Reservists who were activated due to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the President, or responded to a disaster or civil disorder in a state. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide social and psychological services to eligible veterans, active duty service members, and their families. The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit a plan to provide Vet Center services to veterans living in geographic areas where no Vet Center is located.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 51.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-75.
Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4034-4035)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1812.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4034)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4034)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate, read twice.
AUTHORIZING DUPLICATE ENGROSSMENT - Mr. Cunningham asked for unanimous consent that the Clerk be authorized to produce a duplicate engrossment of H.R. 1812. Agreed to without objection.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5881)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 116-176.
David P. Roe
Republican Representative
Tennessee
Cosponsors (2)
Health Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Civil disturbancesCoast guardDrug trafficking and controlled substancesMental healthMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reservesNatural disastersVeterans' medical care