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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4477" measure-id="id116hr4477" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-09-24" update-date="2020-04-15">
<title>Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr4477v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-04-15">
<action-date>2019-11-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a report outlining the actions taken and plan to address the areas of concern identified in the 2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding acquisition management, risk management, and health care improvement. The VA must also report annually on the implementation of priority recommendations of the GAO that pertain to the VA.</p> <p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hr4477v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-02-19">
<action-date>2019-09-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit a plan addressing the actions and outcomes identified in the 2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office regarding acquisition management, risk management, and health care improvement. </p>]]></summary-text>
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