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- H.R.4676
H.R.4676: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
About This Bill
- Introduced March 2, 2016
- Latest Major Action April 13, 2016
- See the four similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) 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. "Veterans' benefits" means any benefit provided by federal law for a veteran or a...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| April 13, 2016 |
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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| April 12, 2016 |
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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| April 12, 2016 |
Vote in the HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 140). (text: CR H1610) |
| April 12, 2016 |
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1618)
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| April 12, 2016 |
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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| April 12, 2016 |
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4676.
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| April 12, 2016 |
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1610-1612)
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| April 12, 2016 |
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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| March 22, 2016 |
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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| March 2, 2016 |
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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| March 2, 2016 |
Introduced in the House by Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) |