H.R. 5323: Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014
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H.R. 5323: Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-31 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-31 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014
Plain summary
Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue regulations to entitle any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period. Requires such employee to submit to the Secretary certification that such employee used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a health care provider. .
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Official text
Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · 5 cosponsors
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Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steve Cohen (D-TN)
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- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr5323.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr5323 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113