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H.R. 4683: Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016

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H.R. 4683: Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] · 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 Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016

Plain summary

Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016 This bill addresses medical evidence reviews in the case of: (1) a former member of the Armed Forces who was deployed in a contingency operation and subsequently diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury as a consequence of such deployment, or (2) a former member whose application for relief from the terms of his or her military discharge is based in whole or in part on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury related to combat or military sexual trauma. Any board of review shall: review medical evidence of the Department of Veterans Affairs or a civilian health care provider presented by the former member, and review the case with a rebuttable presumption in favor of the former member that post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury materially contributed to the circumstances resulting in the discharge of a lesser characterization.

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Official text

Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] · 31 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4683 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114