3.0.0 2994 2022-11-01T06:17:30Z 2022-11-01T06:17:30Z House HR 2019-05-23 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 87 (Thursday, May 23, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KING of Iowa:H.R. 2994.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4166]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-06-13T13:23:06Z Referred to 2019-05-23T13:10:20Z 2019-06-13 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-05-23 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] Steve King R IA 4 N G000576 Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] Glenn Grothman R WI 6 2019-05-23 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2019-06-12 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Health technology, devices, supplies Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-05-23 Introduced in House 2020-05-18T18:53:37Z Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation's Veterans Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each wheelchair furnished to a veteran because of a service-connected disability restores the maximum achievable mobility and function in the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation. The VA may furnish a wheelchair to a veteran because the wheelchair restores an ability that relates exclusively to participation in a recreational activity.

]]> Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation’s Veterans Act of 2019 Display Title Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation’s Veterans Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each wheelchair, furnished to a veteran because of a service-connected disability, restores the maximum achievable mobility in the activities of daily life, employment, and recreation, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nation’s Veterans Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2994ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2994ih.xml 2019-06-13 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.