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H.R. 5529: Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act

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H.R. 5529: Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-08 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 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

Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act

Plain summary

Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Justice Outreach Program, which is a program through which the VA identifies justice-involved veterans and provides them with access to VA services. Justice-involved veterans are those with active, ongoing, or recent contact with some component of a local criminal justice system. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to conduct program outreach to justice-involved veterans, military and veterans service organizations, and relevant stakeholders in the criminal justice community (e.g., local law enforcement). The VA must increase the number of program specialists responsible for supporting justice-involved veterans in rural, remote, or underserved areas. Additionally, the VA must establish performance goals, measures, and implementation time lines for the program, specialists, and providing support for research regarding justice-involved veterans. Program specialists must receive training, at least annually, on (1) veteran eligibility for the program, and (2) best practices for identifying and conducting outreach to justice-involved veterans and relevant stakeholders in the criminal justice community.

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Official text

Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5529, Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act (2022-01-31)

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Bost (R-IL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jared F. Golden (D-ME)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2] reported raising $9.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5529 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117