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H.R. 2601: Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017

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H.R. 2601: Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017

Plain summary

Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017 or the VICTOR Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include among veterans eligible to receive hospital care and medical services through agreements with the Department of Defense, the Indian Health Service, federally-qualified health centers, or health care providers that participate in the Medicare program a veteran: who requires an organ or bone marrow transplant; and who has a medically compelling reason to travel outside the veteran's Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network region in which the veteran resides to receive a transplant at a VA medical facility, or who faces an unusual or excessive burden in receiving such transplant at a VA facility, such as geographical challenges, environmental factors, or a medical condition that affects the ability to travel.

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Official text

Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · 32 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2601, Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017 (2017-11-03)

Cosponsors on this site

J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jim Banks (R-IN), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Bost (R-IL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Daniel Webster (R-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] reported raising $831,031 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2601 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115