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H.R. 1096: Real Choice for Veterans Act

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H.R. 1096: Real Choice for Veterans Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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

Real Choice for Veterans Act

Plain summary

Real Choice for Veterans Act Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to change a criterion for eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities to a requirement that the veteran resides more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility that is able to provide the care and services the veteran seeks (currently, more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility).

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

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A “Yea” vote

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Real Choice for Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] · 28 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Rogers (R-AL), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), William R. Keating (D-MA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Brian Babin (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Jim Costa (D-CA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1096 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114