House Bill 506
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017
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Passed House on Mar 14, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
506
Congress
115
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Primary focus of measure is criminal offenses, investigation and prosecution, procedure and sentencing; corrections and imprisonment; juvenile crime; law enforcement administration. Measures concerning terrorism may fall under Emergency Management or International Affairs policy areas.
checkPassed on March 14, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1570-1571)
Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
March 15, 2018
March 14, 2018
March 14, 2018
January 12, 2017
03/15/2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
03/14/2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
03/14/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1570-1571)
03/14/2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1570-1571)
03/14/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 506.
03/14/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1570-1573)
03/14/2018
Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/14/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 456.
03/14/2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-599.
01/10/2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
01/10/2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
02/06/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
01/12/2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
01/12/2017
Introduced in House
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