3.0.0 2916 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z House HR 2019-05-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. GABBARD:H.R. 2916.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The United State Constitution including Article I, Section8.[Page H4120]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-22T14:01:45Z COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019 116 1222 S 2019-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 N R000600 Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] Aumua Amata Radewagen R AS Coleman 0 2019-05-22 True C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2019-05-22 True S001204 Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] Michael San Nicolas D GU F. Q. 0 2019-05-22 True Y000033 Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] DON YOUNG R AK E. 0 2019-05-22 True S001201 Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] Thomas Suozzi D NY R. 3 2019-06-12 False Armed Forces and National Security Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Disability and paralysis Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health technology, devices, supplies Hospital care Marshall Islands Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Micronesia Palau Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-05-22 Introduced in House 2020-03-20T16:28:44Z Compact of Free Association Veterans Review Act of 2019 or the COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to provide hospital care, medical services, and other related services to veterans residing in the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

The bill requires the VA to conduct a study and report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing one or more VA offices in the remote Pacific islands to provide hospital care and medical services to veterans residing in the area.

]]> COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019 Display Title COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide hospital care and medical services to veterans in the Freely Associated States of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, and to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other subordinate offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Freely Associated States to provide such care and services, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced COFA Veterans Review Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Compact of Free Association Veterans Review Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2916ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2916ih.xml 2019-05-22 Referred to the House 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.