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H.R. 2147: Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018

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H.R. 2147: Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-240.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-26 · 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: Became Public Law No: 115-240. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018

Plain summary

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire at least 50 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists under the Veterans Justice Outreach Program. Each of these specialists must serve as part of a justice team in a veterans treatment court or other veteran-focused court. A specialist hired under this bill must be placed at a VA medical center that: complies with VA guidelines for specialist placement, works within a local criminal justice system with justice-involved veterans, maintains an affiliation with one or more veterans treatment courts or other veteran-focused courts, and provides specialists or establishes a VA-approved plan to provide specialists to serve as part of a justice team. The VA shall prioritize the placement of these specialists at medical centers that have an affiliation with a court that was established after this bill's enactment or is not fully staffed with specialists. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Veterans Justice Outreach Program.

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Official text

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] · 53 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2147, Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018 (2018-05-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Takano (D-CA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2147 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115