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H.R. 2985: Veteran's I.D. Card Act

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H.R. 2985: Veteran's I.D. Card Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-09-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-09-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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

Veteran's I.D. Card Act

Plain summary

Veteran's I.D. Card Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue a veteran's identification card to any veteran who requests such card and is neither entitled to military retired pay nor enrolled in the VA system of patient enrollment. Requires such card, among other things, to: (1) display their name and photograph, and (2) serve as proof that the veteran honorably served in the Armed Forces and has a DD-214 form or other official document in their personnel file that describes their military service. Directs the Secretary to charge a card fee. States that such card shall not serve as proof of entitlement to any benefits.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Veteran's I.D. Card Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] · 77 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), James Lankford (R-OK), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), André Carson (D-IN), Al Green (D-TX), John R. Carter (R-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), James A. Himes (D-CT), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tim Scott (R-SC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Rick Larsen (D-WA) and 17 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2985 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112