Open Congress : Oversight and Investigations - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.1804 Foreign Travel Accountability Act

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress semiannual reports on the cost of foreign travel made by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1759 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1598 Veteran's I.D. Card Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1490 Veterans' Privacy Act

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recording of a patient in a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs without the informed consent of the patient.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5948 Veterans Fiduciary Reform and Honoring Noble Service Act

2012-06-11T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to establish a Place of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4481 Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act

2012-04-23T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs employees who violate certain civil laws do not receive bonuses.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3730 Veterans Data Breach Timely Notification Act

2011-12-18T19:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice to individuals whose sensitive personal information is involved in a data breach, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2985 Veteran's I.D. Card Act

2011-09-20T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2388 Access to Timely Information Act

2011-06-23T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2384 Accountability in Contract Execution Act

2011-06-23T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain contracts.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2383 Modernizing Notice to Claimants Act

2011-06-23T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use electronic communication to provide required notice to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2243 Veterans Employment Promotion Act

2011-06-20T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to publish on an Internet website certain information about the number of veterans who are employed by Federal contractors.

Bill Introduced: H.R.32 Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2009

2009-01-05T19:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5709 Veterans Disability Fairness Act

2008-04-02T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out quality assurance activities with respect to the administration of disability compensation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2292 Pay Veterans First Act

2007-05-13T20:00:00Z

To prohibit the payment of bonuses to certain officers of the Department of Veterans Affairs unless fewer than 100,000 disability compensation claims are pending before the Department.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2225 West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Preservation Act of 2007

2007-05-07T20:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Congress providing a master plan for the use of the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2192 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

2007-05-06T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1642 Homeless Veterans Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion Act

2007-03-21T20:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, to the extent possible, an enhanced-use lease for a homeless housing project at the Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, located in North Hills, California, shall provide that such housing project shall be maintained as a sober living facility for veterans only, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1370 Disabled Veterans Sports and Special Events Promotion Act of 2007

2007-03-06T19:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events.

Bill Introduced: H.R.674 To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the provision of law requiring termination of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans as of December 31, 2009.

2007-01-23T19:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the provision of law requiring termination of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans as of December 31, 2009.