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From the Congressional Record, Volume 163 (2017)









H.R. 3218 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Walz, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Messer, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Wenstrup, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Cook, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Bost, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Poliquin, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Peters, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Peterson, Mr. O’Rourke, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Correa, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Titus, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Richmond, and Mr. Courtney), H5830 [13JY]
Cosponsors added, H5886 [14JY], H5921 [17JY], H5979 [18JY], H6043 [19JY], H6147 [20JY], H6215 [24JY]
Reported with amendment from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (H. Rept. 115–247, part 1), H6212 [24JY]
Debated, H6158 [24JY]
Text, H6158 [24JY]
Rules suspended. Passed House amended, H6197 [24JY]
Committee on Armed Services discharged, H6212 [24JY]
Message from the House, S4187 [25JY]
Passed Senate, S4716 [2AU]
Message from the Senate, H6587 [4AU]
Message from the House (received August 4, 2017, during adjournment), S4929 [5SE]
Examined and signed in the House, H6589 [4AU]
Examined and signed in the Senate (August 4, 2017, during adjournment), S4929 [5SE]
Presented to the President (August 7, 2017), H6591 [8AU]
Approved [Public Law 115–48] (signed August 16, 2017)