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H.R. 874: Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

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H.R. 874: Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] · 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 Health. 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

Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

Plain summary

Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon the request of a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system and entitled to in-patient psychiatric care, to furnish such veteran with in-patient psychiatric care at: (1) the VA facility that is closest to where the veteran resides and that has the capacity and capability to provide such care, or (2) at a non-VA facility if the VA facility lacks such capacity or capability.

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Official text

Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] · 49 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), James A. Himes (D-CT), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Darren Soto (D-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr874 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115