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H.R. 4457: Veterans Empowerment Act

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H.R. 4457: Veterans Empowerment Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] · 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.
  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

Veterans Empowerment Act

Plain summary

Veterans Empowerment Act This bill restructures the delivery of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care through private non-VA providers. The Veterans Accountable Care Organization is established as a federally chartered corporation to permit veterans who are eligible for VA health care to choose to receive health care from private-sector providers. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital care, medical services, and other health care functions and personnel (excluding nursing home care and domiciliary care) are transferred to the organization. The bill establishes in the VHA the Veterans Health Insurance program to provide veterans with insurance coverage for both VA and private health care.

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

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Official text

Veterans Empowerment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ted Budd (R-NC)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4457 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115