A bill to improve the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of opioids in treating veterans, to improve patient advocacy by the Department, and to expand availability of complementary and integrative health, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
- Introduced:
Jun 22, 2015
114th Congress, 2015–2017- Status:
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Enacted Via Other Measures
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
Provisions of this bill also appear in:
S. 524: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016Enacted — Signed by the President on Jul 22, 2016. (compare text)
History
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Jun 22, 2015
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Introduced
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Mar 10, 2016
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Passed Senate (House next)
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th). |
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May 13, 2016
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Related Bill —
Passed House
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th). |
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Jul 8, 2016
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Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th). |
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Jul 13, 2016
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Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th). |
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Jul 22, 2016
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Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th). |
S. 1641 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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