Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 28, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Mar 23, 2023
Veterans' Affairs
Step 3
Committee
Apr 28, 2023
Reported out
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill modifies certain restrictions on appointments in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill limits the term of the Under Secretary for Health to five years. (Currently, there is no term limit.) The bill also removes the cap on the number of Assistant Under Secretaries for Health, and provides that the VA may appoint as many as it determines are necessary. Additionally, the bill removes certain requirements for appointing Assistant Under Secretaries for Health (e.g., the requirement that at least one appointee must be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine).
Timeline · 10 actions
Dec 24, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-946.
Dec 24, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 795.
Apr 28, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Apr 28, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 28, 2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 18, 2023
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 29, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.