Bills · 118th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023

Also known as Veterans Benefits Improvement Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/10/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 9/20/23
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 423–0 on September 20, 2023 (Roll Call 401 →). Received in the Senate on September 21, 2023. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 9/20/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic209 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Not voting
  • Republican214 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023

This bill addresses certain requirements related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical disability examinations for purposes of benefit claims and other administrative matters related to the benefit claims processes and personnel.

First, the bill updates procedures related to the publishing of VA disability benefit questionnaire forms. Specifically, the VA does not have to publish certain forms if it determines the form could not reasonably be completed to a clinically acceptable standard by someone who is not an employee or contractor of the VA.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Morgan Luttrell ( Republican · TX-8)
Cosponsors
5
Introduced
3/10/23
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (19)
  1. 3/10/23Introduced in House
  2. 3/10/23Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. 3/28/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  4. 3/29/23Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  5. 4/19/23Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. 4/28/23Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
  7. 4/28/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. 4/28/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. 9/14/23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-199.
  10. 9/14/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 162.
  11. 9/18/23Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. 9/18/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4358-4361)
  13. 9/18/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1530.
  14. 9/18/23At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
  15. 9/20/23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4426-4427)
  16. 9/20/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 401). (text: 9/18/2023 CR H4358-4359)
  17. 9/20/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 401). (text: 9/18/2023 CR H4358-4359)
  18. 9/20/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. 9/21/23Received in the Senate.