Support legislation to protect veterans' credit ratings when delayed VA Choice Program payments cause payment delays.

I’m also pleased it includes my provision to protect the credit of our nation’s veterans, so that vets who are waiting on delayed payments from the VA Choice Program cannot lose credit ratings because of it.

Rounds highlighted and supported a bill provision intended to prevent veterans from losing credit ratings due to delayed VA Choice Program payments.

Rounds: Economic Growth, Regulatory Reli... | U.S. Senator Mike Rounds
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD] as an original cosponsor of S.2155 on 2017-11-16.

Rounds took concrete legislative action in the same Senate term by cosponsoring S.2155, the bill that later became Public Law 115-174.

delivered same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - S.2155 - 115th Congress: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
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Introduced S.2155 section 302, titled Protecting veterans' credit, addressed veterans' medical debt reporting caused by inappropriate or delayed VA payment for care in non-VA facilities and created exclusion and deletion mechanisms for consumer reports.

The bill Rounds originally cosponsored contained the specific policy: protect veterans' credit reports from medical debts tied to delayed or improper VA payment for authorized non-VA care, matching the VA Choice-type problem described in the promise.

delivered same_term A for effort

Congress.gov - S.2155 Introduced Text
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The Senate roll-call page records S.2155 passage on March 14, 2018, by 67-31, and lists Rounds (R-SD) voting Yea.

Rounds voted for final Senate passage of the bill containing the veterans credit protection language.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 115th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 54
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Public Law 115-174 section 302, Protecting Veterans' Credit, defined veterans' medical debt owed to non-VA providers for VA-authorized care, excluded certain such debts from consumer reports, created a dispute deletion process, and required a VA verification database.

The relevant protection was enacted into law during Rounds's 2015-2021 Senate term, fulfilling the promise to support legislation protecting veterans' credit from delayed VA payment problems.

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 115-174, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
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Congress.gov identifies S.2155 as Public Law 115-174, with latest action on 2018-05-24: became Public Law. It also records Senate passage on 2018-03-14 and House passage on 2018-05-22.

Official bill history confirms the legislative vehicle supported by Rounds became law in the same term.

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Congress.gov - S.2155 Overview and Text
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