US Congress House Bill 299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 203-131)
Status: Passed on June 25 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-06-25 - Became Public Law No: 116-23. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Addresses certain health benefit and home loan programs for veterans. Specifically, the bill extends the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide (e.g., Agent Orange) exposure to veterans who served (1) offshore of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities or diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. The bill extends eligibility for health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance to children with spina bifida who have at least one veteran parent who may have been exposed to an herbicide agent while serving in Thailand between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must report on the Follow-up Study of a National Cohort of Gulf War and Gulf War Era Veterans. Additionally, the bill revises the VA home loan guaranty program to adjust loan fee rates and eliminate the limit on the amount of a loan for which the VA may provide a guaranty of 25%. Under current law, these loan guarantees are subject to a limit on loan size determined by Freddie Mac. The bill removes the cap on a direct housing loan amount that may be made to a Native American veteran purchasing a home located on tribal land held in federal trust. The bill also waives loan fees for active duty Purple Heart recipients. The VA shall permit a VA-approved appraiser to make a housing loan appraisal based solely on information gathered by a person with whom the appraiser has entered into an agreement for such services.

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]
Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]
Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]
Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Carol Miller [R-WV]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. James Baird [R-IN]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]	Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]
Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Gregory Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. Nicholas Taylor [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Jody Arrington [R-TX]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Green [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Cloud [R-TX]
Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]

2019-05-14 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 203 (Y: 410 N: 0 NV: 21 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-25	House	Became Public Law No: 116-23. (TXT | PDF)
2019-06-25	House	Signed by President.
2019-06-19	House	Presented to President.
2019-06-13	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2019-06-12	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3450)
2019-05-15	Senate	Received in the Senate, read twice.
2019-05-14	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-05-14	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0 (Roll no. 203). (text: CR H3743-3746)
2019-05-14	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3771)
2019-05-14	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2019-05-14	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 299.
2019-05-14	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3743-3751)
2019-05-14	House	Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-05-10	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
2019-05-10	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-58.
2019-05-08	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-05-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-01	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-01-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-01-08	House	Introduced in House

HB203 (Related) 2019-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
SB1195 (Related) 2019-04-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB576 (Related) 2019-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/299/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr299/BILLS-116hr299ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr299/BILLS-116hr299rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr299/BILLS-116hr299eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr299/BILLS-116hr299enr.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019203