United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 552 (113th)
Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs of Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2013
Introduced
6 February 2013
Last action
15 February 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Filemon Vela, Juan Vargas, Joaquin Castro, Henry Cuellar, Marc Veasey, Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23], Beto O'Rourke, Linda Sánchez, Michelle Lujan Grisham
Subjects
Healthcare, Defence
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs of Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) ensure that the South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service VA inpatient health care facility; and (2) if needed, modify the existing facility to meet this requirement. Requires the Secretary to report on specific actions to be taken to satisfy such requirement.
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Timeline
6 February 2013
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
6 February 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 February 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 February 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 6 February 2013 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 February 2013
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 February 2013
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 February 2013
Sponsors
- Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] · D · Sponsor
- Filemon Vela · D · Sponsor
- Juan Vargas · D · Sponsor
- Joaquin Castro · D · Sponsor
- Henry Cuellar · D · Sponsor
- Marc Veasey · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23] · D · Sponsor
- Beto O'Rourke · D · Sponsor
- Linda Sánchez · D · Sponsor
- Michelle Lujan Grisham · D · Sponsor
- · hsvr00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/552
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/552
- us · 113-hr-552 · source updated 12 August 2025