H.R.1591 - Fulfilling America's Promise to Our Veterans Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the United States may not recover or collect any charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to a veteran for a service-connected disability. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Fulfilling America's Promise to Our Veterans Act as introduced.
  • Official: To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the United States may not recover or collect any charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to a veteran for a service-connected disability. as introduced.

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3/18/2009--Introduced.Fulfilling America's Promise to Our Veterans Act - Prohibits, in any case in which a veteran is furnished care or services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a service-connected disability, the United States from recovering or collecting for such

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3/18/2009--Introduced.Fulfilling America's Promise to Our Veterans Act - Prohibits, in any case in which a veteran is furnished care or services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a service-connected disability, the United States from recovering or collecting for such care or services from any third party.

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04/14/11
H.R.1591: SERVE Act of 2011 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

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12/31/10
Do McCain and the Republicans deserve the boot for leaving ...

And as for the House Resolutions that Bush vetoed, go back and look at them, HR 1591 was vetoed because it called for a set withdrawl date from Iraq. It was later passed with out it and was signed. HR 976 was the first S-Chip that ...

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11/30/10
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The Bush Administration requested another $1 billion in emergency supplemental coalition support funds for FY2007, however, H.R. 1591, passed by the full House on March 23, 2007, called for only $300 million in such funds. ...

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