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H.R. 1017: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act

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H.R. 1017: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 292 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1017 (2010-05-24), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 20, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act - Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and services to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and clinics to be carried out at: (1) no fewer than 75 medical centers by December 31, 2011; and (2) all medical centers by December 31, 2013. Includes chiropractic examinations and services within required VA medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health care services.

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Official text

Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · 37 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1017, Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act (2010-05-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1017, Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act (2010-05-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adam Smith (D-WA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Dina Titus (D-NV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr1017 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111