About the bill
S. 3479 extends authorizations for various authorities at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) related to health care, benefits, homeless veterans, and other matters, improves health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and addresses matters of education and leasing obligations. A full section-by-section of the bill, with additional background information, can be found here.
Major provisions of the bill include:
Title I – Extension of Authorities
In four subtitles, Title I extends authorizations for authorities at VA relating to health care, benefits, homelessness, and other matters. For a full description, see the section-by-section above, or here.
Title II – Improvement of Health Care from Department of Veterans Affairs
Title II improves health care received from VA by modifying contracts under the Veterans Community Care program, expanding coverage …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Sep 29, 2018
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on September 29, 2018.
1 Cosponsor (1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Rosen provisions to reauthorize veteran homelessness programs pass the house”
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Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
on Sep 25, 2018
“Aprueba el Congreso legislacin que busca transformar los servicios de salud de veteranos en la isla”
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Commish. Jenniffer González-Colón [R-PR]
on Sep 26, 2018
“The Week Ahead - scheduled votes, committee action and other important notes for the week of September 24, 2018”
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Rep. David Young [R-IA3, 2015-2018]
on Sep 24, 2018
History
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Sep 30, 2015
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Earlier Version —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2082 (114th). |
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Sep 18, 2018
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Sep 18, 2018
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Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Voice Vote so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Sep 25, 2018
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Passed House
The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. The vote was by voice vote so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Sep 29, 2018
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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S. 3479 (115th) 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.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 3479. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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