H.R. 8679 has not moved since its introduction on May 7, 2026, with cosponsors, all Republicans
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.
IntroducedMay 7, 2026
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Context
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 23 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 134 words
- Latest action
- May 7, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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