3.0.0 1723 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T21:54:33Z 2017-08-02 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-23T22:12:08Z Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017

This bill authorizes and appropriates funds to increase veterans access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, including by: (1) hiring primary and specialty care physicians and other medical staff, (2) establishing medical residency programs and increasing residency positions, and (3) improving VA health facility infrastructure.

]]> Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017 Display Title Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Veterans Health Care Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to appropriate amounts to the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care furnished by the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1723is/xml/BILLS-115s1723is.xml 2017-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.