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H.R. 645: Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act

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H.R. 645: Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-24 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] · 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 Economic Opportunity. 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.

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Official title

Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act

Plain summary

Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for annual inspections to ensure that VA medical facility kitchens and food service areas meet private hospital kitchen and food service area standards. The VA shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations to conduct such inspections. If the VA is unable to enter into an agreement with the Commission, the VA shall seek such an agreement with a non-federal, not-for-profit entity with comparable expertise and objectivity. If a VA facility kitchen or food service area fails such inspection, the VA shall implement a remediation plan within 48 hours and conduct a second inspection within 7 days. A facility kitchen or food service area that fails the second inspection shall be closed until: (1) remediation is completed, and (2) all kitchens and food service areas at that facility meet the standards. The Veterans Integrated Service Network of a facility in which a kitchen or food service area is closed shall enter into a food service contract with a General Services Administration-approved vendor to provide food at such facility.

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Official text

Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] · 4 cosponsors

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Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr645 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115