3.0.0 5497 2026-10-05T16:46:44Z 2026-10-05T16:46:44Z Senate S S 2026-09-24 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5497 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-09-24T14:58:32Z Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act 119 1970 HR 2025-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act 118 10346 HR 2024-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Cross-Congress related bill CRS 2026-09-24 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2026-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. N B001299 Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] Jim Banks R IN 2026-09-24 True Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2026-10-05T16:46:44Z Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act Display Title 45 Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act 2026-09-30T05:53:21Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act 2026-09-30T05:53:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes. 2026-09-30T05:48:28Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s5497is/xml/BILLS-119s5497is.xml 2026-09-24 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.