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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after the House passed twelve veterans’ bills this week:

“This week the House passed a number of veterans’ bills, including 4 bipartisan proposals to: bolster VA medical research, expand VA cybersecurity, and improve oversight of IT projects and the community care program. I am especially glad to see my and Chairman Takano’s bill, the VIPER Act, pass out of the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. VA has long been a leader in medical and prosthetic research, and our bill will help VA continue that mission,” said Ranking Member Bost. “The house also honored the service of eight different veterans by naming VA facilities in their communities after them. By placing these veterans’ names on these facilities, we will ensure that their stories of dedicated service are told for generations to come.”

The following bills were passed out of the House this week:

H.R. 5721, as amended – VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional Research (VIPER) Act (Rep. Takano/Rep. Bost)
H.R. 2250, as amended – Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2021 (Rep. Rosendale)
H.R. 7299, as amended – Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act (SVAC) of 2022 (Rep. Mrvan/Rep. Mace)
H.R. 7277, as amended – Improving Oversight of the Veterans Community Care Providers Act of 2022. (Rep. Pappas/Rep. Mann)
S. 2159 - To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, the "Andrew K. Baker VA Clinic" (Sen. Rubio)
H.R. 5481, as amended – To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City, North Carolina, as the “Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic”. (Rep. Foxx)
H.R. 6722 – To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the “Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic”. (Rep. McNerney)
H.R. 6863 – To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Memphis, Tennessee, as the “Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center”. (Rep. Cohen)
H.R. 7903, as amended – To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Canton, Michigan, as the “Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic”. (Rep. Stevens)
H.R. 7925, as amended– To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palm Desert, California, as the “Sy Kaplan VA Clinic”. (Rep. Ruiz)
S. 3369 – To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”. (Sen. Warnock)
S. 4359 – To designate the regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta as the “Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office”, and for other purposes. (Sen. Ossoff)