S 654 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an external provider scheduling program to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in scheduling appointments for care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.
Congress 119
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 274.
Sponsors
No sponsorships on file.
Lobbied by (3)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | WELLHIVE | $60,000 | S. 654 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | — | S. 654 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | — | S. 654 |
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 274.
- — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- · 14000 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-02-20 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 654 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 654 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | WELLHIVE | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 654 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLHIVE | 1 | $60,000 | 0 | $0 | $60,000 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by WELLHIVE (s. 654) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (s. 654) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (s. 654) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · congress-committee