3.0.0 5524 2022-10-28T01:46:14Z 2022-10-28T01:46:14Z House HR 2019-12-19 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:H.R. 5524.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.[Page H12291]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2020-01-14T15:49:52Z hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2020-01-14T15:49:42Z Referred to 2019-12-19T14:02:35Z Ask Veterans Act 116 8269 HR 2020-09-16 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2020-01-14 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Committee 2020-01-14 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-12-19 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-12-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-12-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000597 Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] Tom Rice R SC 7 N Armed Forces and National Security Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-12-19 Introduced in House 2020-10-07T16:11:41Z Survey Our Servicemembers Act or the SOS Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced nongovernment entity to conduct an annual survey to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility. Such surveys must be conducted over a five-year period and must include questions related to the experiences of veterans in seeking care at both VA and non-VA facilities.

The VA shall make the survey results publicly available on its website.

]]> SOS Act Display Title SOS Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences with medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced SOS Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Survey Our Servicemembers Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5524ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5524ih.xml 2020-01-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 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.