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HR4217Referred to Committee

VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-06-27
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Mike Bost
Mike Bost
Republican · IL · Representative
Votes with party: 97.6% (545 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001295

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

2025-12-19

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-06-27

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-27

Plain-English Summary

Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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