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H.R. 9855: VA Employee Fairness Act of 2024

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H.R. 9855: VA Employee Fairness Act of 2024

118th Congress · introduced 2024-09-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-09-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] · 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 Oversight and Investigations. 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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VA Employee Fairness Act of 2024

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] · 136 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark Pocan (D-WI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), John Garamendi (D-CA), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), James C. Moylan (R-GU), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Becca Balint (D-VT), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN) and 76 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] reported raising $1.1 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-cong118-hr9855 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118