H.R. 1089 · 118th Congress

VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act

Introduced on Feb 17, 2023 by Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8). 6 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 24, 2024): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 796.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 17, 2023
Cosponsors
6
2 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit annual fact sheets to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the status of such facilities, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Government information and archives
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Hospital care
  • Mental health
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Women's health

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Debbie LeskoR-AZ-8Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 17, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Feb 17, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Feb 17, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Mar 20, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Mar 29, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
  6. Apr 18, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. Apr 28, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee on Health Discharged.
  8. Apr 28, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  9. Apr 28, 2023 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  10. Dec 24, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-947.
  11. Dec 24, 2024 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-947.
  12. Dec 24, 2024 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 796.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $475.2K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO5 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  3. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS5 reports
    $749.7K reported (all issues)
  4. The American Legion2 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.