PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
Proposed Federal Senate Legislation SB2921
This bill deals with Veterans issues. Of particular concern is the area of PTSD and mental health issues as well as its' impact on the exercise of 2nd Amendment rights.
Legislation Overview
Title: Veterans First Act
Subject: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Administrative remedies: Advisory bodies: Afghanistan: Alternative treatments: Asia: Business records: California: Cell biology and embryology: Cemeteries and funerals: Commemorative events and holidays: Conflicts and wars: Congressional oversight: Department of Veterans Affairs: Disability and paralysis: Disability assistance: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation: Drug therapy: Employee hiring: Employment and training programs: Evidence and witnesses: Government buildings, facilities, and property: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption: Government information and archives: Government studies and investigations: Health care coverage and access: Health care quality: Health facilities and institutions: Health information and medical records: Health personnel: Health technology, devices, supplies: Higher education: Hospital care: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information: Iraq: Land use and conservation: Licensing and registrations: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care: Medical tests and diagnostic methods: Mental health: Middle East: Military personnel and dependents: Organ and tissue donation and transplantation: Performance measurement: Prescription drugs: Product safety and quality: Public contracts and procurement: Student aid and college costs: Surgery and anesthesia: Teaching, teachers, curricula: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation: Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs: Veterans' medical care: Veterans' organizations and recognition: Veterans' pensions and compensation: Virginia: Vocational and technical education: Congressional tributes: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management: Health promotion and preventive care: Home and outpatient care: Armed forces and national security: Employee performance: Personnel records: School administration
Description: Veterans First Act
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2921/all-info
Sponsors
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46 sponsors: Johnny Isakson (R); Richard Blumenthal (D); Thom Tillis (R); Jon Tester (D); Tom Udall (D); Michael Bennet (D); Mike Rounds (R); Dianne Feinstein (D); John Boozman (R); Dean Heller (R); Patty Murray (D); Joe Manchin (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Steve Daines (R); Dan Sullivan (R); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Richard Durbin (D); Bill Nelson (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Robert Casey (D); Tim Kaine (D); Cory Booker (D); Brian Schatz (D); Jerry Moran (R); Roy Blunt (R); Al Franken (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Claire McCaskill (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Richard Burr (R); Rob Portman (R); Joe Donnelly (D); Ron Wyden (D); Daniel Coats (R); Pat Roberts (R); Shelley Capito (R); John Hoeven (R); Mark Kirk (R); Barbara Boxer (D); Susan Collins (R); Michael Enzi (R)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 16 2016 | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson without amendment. Without written report. |
| Senate | May 16 2016 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467. |
| Senate | May 12 2016 | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| Senate | May 11 2016 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 16 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Introduced | May 17 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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Votes
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