H.R. 5225: iVETS Act
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H.R. 5225: iVETS Act
111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
iVETS Act
Plain summary
Improving Veterans' Electronic Transition Services Act or the iVETS Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly: (1) develop and implement a system allowing a veteran to securely and electronically access his or her military personnel file; (2) conduct a study on establishing a veterans portal based on the knowledge online portals; and (3) report study results to the congressional defense and veterans committees.
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Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5225.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5225 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111