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Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

Public Law 111-81 · H.R. 1016 · 111th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Oct 22, 2009 · Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA-51)

Cosponsors (125): Rep. Michael Michaud,

Passage votes

  • HouseMethod not stated
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Directs the President to include in annual budget justification documents submitted to Congress information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) Medical Services; (2) Medical Support and Compliance; and (3) Medical Facilities. Requires annually for such accounts, beginning with FY2011, discretionary new budget authority to: (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and (2) include, for each such account, advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year.

Directs the VA Secretary to report annually to Congress on the sufficiency of VA resources for the proceeding fiscal year with respect to the provision of medical care, including estimates of the workload and demand data for that fiscal year.

Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) annually study the adequacy and accuracy of VA baseline model projections for health care expenditures for that fiscal year; and (2) report study results, during 2011 through 2013, to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.

Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.Res. 804Related bill

    Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

  • S. 423Companion billProcedurally-relatedRelated billRelated document

    Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 33 actions.

  1. Oct 22, 2009Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 111-81.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Oct 16, 2009FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Oct 14, 2009FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Oct 13, 2009Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
  7. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Oct 8, 2009FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
  9. FloorFloor · House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 804.
  10. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 804.
  11. Aug 7, 2009FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  12. Aug 6, 2009FloorFloor · See also S.423.
  13. FloorFloor · Passed Senate in lieu of S. 423 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  14. FloorFloor · Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 423.
  15. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  16. Jul 27, 2009CalendarCalendar · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.
  17. Jun 24, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate.
  18. Jun 23, 2009FloorFloor · The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  19. FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 409 - 1 (Roll no. 420).House roll call 420
  21. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  22. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Thompson (PA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
  23. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1016.
  24. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  25. FloorFloor · Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  26. Jun 19, 2009CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.
  27. CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-171.
  28. Jun 10, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  29. CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  30. Jun 5, 2009CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.