3.0.0 3113 2023-01-11T13:30:28Z 2023-01-11T13:30:28Z House HR 2015-07-16 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WEBER of Texas:H.R. 3113.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1 Section 1 and Article 1 Section 9.``All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in aCongress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives.'' ``No money shall bedrawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriationsmade by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of theReceipts and Expenditures of all public money shall bepublished from time to time.''____________________[Page H5292]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-08-05T19:53:07Z Referred to 2015-07-16T13:03:15Z hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-07-16T13:03:20Z 2015-08-05 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-07-16 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsap00 Appropriations Committee 2015-07-16 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-16 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000814 Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] Randy Weber R TX K. 14 N R000587 Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] Reid Ribble R WI J. 8 2015-07-16 True O000168 Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] Pete Olson R TX 22 2015-07-16 True B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2015-07-16 True B001291 Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] Brian Babin R TX 36 2015-07-16 True J000297 Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] Evan Jenkins R WV H. 3 2015-07-16 True F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 2015-07-16 True C001096 Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] Kevin Cramer R ND 0 2015-07-16 True H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 2015-10-26 False R000601 Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] John Ratcliffe R TX 4 2015-10-26 False Armed Forces and National Security Alternative and renewable resources Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Electric power generation and transmission Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-07-16 Introduced in House 2015-09-03T16:06:12Z Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015

Prohibits the appropriation of funds, or the obligation or expenditure of funds by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for any VA alternative energy generation project unless the funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law.

Directs the VA to transfer all unobligated funds that were appropriated to it before this Act's enactment for an alternative energy generation project to the VA's account funding veterans' medical care.

]]> Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015 Display Title Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from obligating or expending funds for alternative energy generation projects unless specifically authorized by law, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3113ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3113ih.xml 2015-08-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.