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H.R. 7637: Veterans First Act of 2022

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H.R. 7637: Veterans First Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-04-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-04-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] · 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.

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Official title

Veterans First Act of 2022

Plain summary

Veterans First Act of 2022 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from obligating or expending any amounts to provide emergency assistance in response to an emergency at the southern border directly resulting from the repeal of certain public health orders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Specifically, the bill prohibits such emergency assistance in response to the repeal of the order issued on August 2, 2021, titled Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists ; the order issued on April 1, 2022, titled Public Health Determination and Order Regarding Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists ; and an order relating to the same public health concerns as the listed orders.

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

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Official text

Veterans First Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] · 36 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Ted Budd (R-NC), Austin Scott (R-GA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Mike Johnson (R-LA), J. French Hill (R-AR), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] reported raising $2.4 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-hr7637 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117