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HR 1147 · in committee · niche

Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The VA must establish a Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to address disability accessibility.
  • Veterans with disabilities and the Department of Veterans Affairs are directly affected.
  • The VA must first abolish or consolidate inactive advisory committees before proceeding.

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  1. 01

    What specific accessibility barriers do veterans with disabilities currently face that this new committee would address differently than existing VA programs?

  2. 02

    How should the VA prioritize which inactive advisory committees to consolidate or eliminate to make room for this new accessibility committee?

  3. 03

    What measurable outcomes or timeline should Congress require to evaluate whether this committee's recommendations actually improve veterans' access to services?

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Sponsor · R-CA-22

David G. Valadao

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Introduced 2025-05-20

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-20 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  2. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2123-2124)

  4. 2025-05-19 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2123-2124)

  5. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1147.

  6. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2123-2124)

  7. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-02-07 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  9. 2025-02-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  10. 2025-02-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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