US Congress House Bill 299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on June 26 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-08-01 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 This bill extends the presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide exposure to veterans who served: (1) in the territorial seas of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean demilitarized zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. The bill extends eligibility for health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance to children with spina bifida who have at least one veteran parent who may have been exposed to an herbicide agent while serving in Thailand between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. The bill revises the VA's home loan guaranty program to adjust loan fee rates and eliminate the limit on guaranty amount that is based on the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) conforming loan limit. The VA shall permit a VA-approved appraiser to make a housing loan appraisal based solely on information gathered by a person with whom the appraiser has entered into an agreement for such services.

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017

Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Scott Taylor [R-VA]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Karen Handel [R-GA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]

2018-06-25 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 289 (Y: 382 N: 0 NV: 45 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-08-01	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2018-06-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2018-06-26	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2018-06-25	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-06-25	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 0 (Roll no. 289). (text: CR H5611-5614)
2018-06-25	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5620-5621)
2018-06-25	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2018-06-25	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 299.
2018-06-25	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5611-5620)
2018-06-25	House	Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-05-18	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
2018-05-18	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-680.
2018-05-08	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2018-05-08	House	Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
2018-05-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-11-02	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-04-05	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2017-01-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2017-01-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-01-05	House	Introduced in House

SB422 (Same As) 2017-02-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB815 (Related) 2017-10-25 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
HB3561 (Related) 2017-10-12 - Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
HB3605 (Related) 2017-07-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
SB3175 (Related) 2018-06-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/299/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr299/BILLS-115hr299ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr299/BILLS-115hr299rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr299/BILLS-115hr299eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2018289