US Congress House Bill 5480 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: Introduced on September 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2014 - Prohibits the appropriation of funds, or the obligation or expenditure of funds by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for any VA alternative energy generation project unless the funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law. Directs the Secretary to transfer all unobligated funds that were appropriated to the VA before this Act's enactment for an alternative energy generation project to the VA's account funding veterans' medical care.

Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2014

Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
2014-09-16	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2014-09-16	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2014-09-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5480/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5480/BILLS-113hr5480ih.pdf