H.R. 2816: Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

Plain summary

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas). The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date.

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Official text

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] · 24 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2816, Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019 (2020-04-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] reported raising $5.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2816.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2816 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116