Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019

Law · 116-212 · Dec 4, 2020

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D ManchinSponsor

1 cosponsor · 1 R

R Capito

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Senate Introduced Dec 19, 2019
Senate Passed Dec 19, 2019
House Passed Nov 16, 2020 394–0
President To the President Nov 24, 2020
President Signed Dec 4, 2020
Law Dec 4, 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on the policies and procedures relating to patient safety and quality of care and the steps the VA has taken to improve such care at VA medical centers.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 4, 2020

Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019

After any investigation or trial concludes, the VA must also report on the events involving deaths that occurred at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and the actions the VA has taken to prevent any similar reoccurrence.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Not Voting
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Yea
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Not Voting
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Not Voting
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Yea
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Yea
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Not Voting
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Not Voting
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Josh Harder	D	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
TJ Cox	D	CA-21	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Yea
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Mike Garcia	R	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Gilbert Cisneros	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Katie Porter	D	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Yea
Harley Rouda	D	CA-48	Yea
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Not Voting
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Not Voting
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Yea
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Ross Spano	R	FL-15	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Not Voting
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Yea
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Yea
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Not Voting
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	D	FL-26	Yea
Donna Shalala	D	FL-27	Yea
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Yea
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Not Voting
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Yea
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Yea
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Not Voting
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Yea
Abby Finkenauer	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Cynthia Axne	D	IA-3	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-4	Not Voting
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Not Voting
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Yea
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Not Voting
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Yea
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Yea
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Yea
James Baird	R	IN-4	Yea
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Not Voting
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Yea
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Yea
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Yea
Steven Watkins	R	KS-2	Yea
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Not Voting
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Not Voting
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Not Voting
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Yea
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Yea
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
David Trone	D	MD-6	Yea
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Yea
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Not Voting
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-13	Yea
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Not Voting
Justin Amash	I	MI-3	Yea
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Not Voting
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-8	Yea
Andy Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Jim Hagedorn	R	MN-1	Yea
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Not Voting
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Not Voting
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	Not Voting
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Not Voting
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Yea
George Holding	R	NC-2	Not Voting
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Yea
Dan Bishop	R	NC-9	Not Voting
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Yea
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Tom Malinowski	D	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Debra Haaland	D	NM-1	Yea
Xochitl Torres Small	D	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Not Voting
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Max Rose	D	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
Antonio Delgado	D	NY-19	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Anthony Brindisi	D	NY-22	Yea
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Yea
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Jacobs	R	NY-27	Yea
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Yea
Anthony Gonzalez	R	OH-16	Yea
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Yea
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Yea
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Kendra Horn	D	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Yea
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Yea
Fred Keller	R	PA-12	Yea
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Yea
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Yea
Conor Lamb	D	PA-17	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-18	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Yea
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Joe Cunningham	D	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Yea
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Yea
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Yea
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Yea
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Yea
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Yea
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Not Voting
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Yea
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Yea
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Yea
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Yea
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Not Voting
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Not Voting
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Van Taylor	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Yea
Ron Wright	R	TX-6	Not Voting
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Yea
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Yea
Ben McAdams	D	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Elaine Luria	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Yea
Denver Riggleman	R	VA-5	Yea
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Yea
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Not Voting
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Yea
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Yea
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Yea
Carol Miller	R	WV-3	Yea
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Yea

Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Nov 16, 2020