[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 813 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 813
To rescind the Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum of July 18,
2002, in which Directors of health service networks in the Department
of Veterans Affairs are directed to ensure that no marketing activities
to enroll new veterans occur within their networks.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2003
Mr. Kanjorski (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Paul, Ms. Millender-
McDonald, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Holden, Mr. Berry, Mr. Israel, Mr. Frank of
Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Mr. Frost, Mr. Hastings of
Florida, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Wexler) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To rescind the Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum of July 18,
2002, in which Directors of health service networks in the Department
of Veterans Affairs are directed to ensure that no marketing activities
to enroll new veterans occur within their networks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Outreach Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEMORANDUM.
(a) Rescission of Memorandum.--The memorandum of the Department of
Veterans Affairs dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy Under Secretary
for Health for Operations and Management with the subject ``Status of
VHA Enrollment and Associated Issues'' is hereby rescinded. Marketing
activities of Directors of health service networks (known as ``Veterans
Integrated Service Networks'') of the Department of Veterans Affairs to
enroll new veterans within their respective networks shall be carried
out without regard to such memorandum.
(b) Funding Limitation.--No funds available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs may be used to carry out the memorandum referred to in
subsection (a) or otherwise to implement the policy contained in that
memorandum.
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