S. 2082 · 114th Congress · enacted
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2015
Became Public Law No: 114-58.
Latest official action 2015-09-30 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2015 This bill extends specified Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. TITLE I--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO HEALTH CARE Extends through FY2016: authority for collection of copaypayments for hospital care and nursing home care, authorization of appropriations for assistance and support services for caregivers, authority for recovery from third parties of the cost of care and services furnished to veterans with health-plan contracts for non-service-connected disability, authority for the pilot program on assistance for child care for certain veterans receiving health care, authority to make grants to veterans service organizations for transportation of highly rural veterans, authority for Department of Defense (DOD)-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, and authority for the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service. Extends through December 31, 2016, the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. Extends through FY2017 authority for the Joint DOD-VA Demonstration Fund. TITLE II--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO BENEFITS Extends through FY2016: specified housing loan provisions and definitions, including the calculation of net value of real property at time of foreclosure; and authority relating…
Congressional Research Service · 2015-09-25
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
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PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. / ENTERPRISE MOBILITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $9,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$5,050
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,050
Official PAC record603 PAC$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordIHEARTMEDIA, INC. PAC$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSERCO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SERCO PAC)$5,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$4,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $4,500
Official PAC recordSTEPTOE LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordHANGER INC. PAC$3,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordMAGELLAN HEALTH INC. EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT$3,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CAR RENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordCTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordFGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordHERZOG PAC$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordIRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALLIANCE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordLABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS' ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordUBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$2,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordBHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordCUMMINS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CIPAC)$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordDOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS PAC)$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordKELLEY DRYE & WARREN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordPITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordTHE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NIELSEN PAC)$1,500
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,500
Official PAC recordAMENTUM HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AMENTUM PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BOEHRINGER PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordBOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordDLA PIPER LLP (US) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DLA PIPER PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordGLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNOVOCURE INC. PAC (A.K.A. NOVOCURE PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordPTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PTC-PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordTOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC)$1,000
Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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