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H.R. 3330: Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

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H.R. 3330: Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7081)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7081) 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

Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

Plain summary

Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act - Repeals provisions that: (1) prohibit the initiation of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs providing independent living services and assistance for greater than 2,700 veterans in each fiscal year; and (2) require giving first priority under such programs to veterans for whom the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal is precluded solely as a result of disability.

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

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Official text

Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] · 23 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Julia Brownley (D-CA)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3330 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113