# 114-hr-5231: Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act

114-hr-5231, Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5231
- Congress: 114
- Title: Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-05-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for annual inspections to ensure that VA medical facility kitchens and food service areas meet private hospital kitchen and food service area standards. The VA shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations to conduct such inspections. If the VA is unable to enter into an agreement with the Commission, the VA shall seek such an agreement with a non-federal, not-for-profit entity with comparable expertise and objectivity. If a VA facility kitchen or food service area fails such inspection, the VA shall implement a remediation plan within 48 hours and conduct a second inspection within 7 days. A facility kitchen or food service area that fails the second inspection shall be closed until: (1) remediation is completed, and (2) all kitchens and food service areas at that facility meet the standards. The Veterans Integrated Service Network of a facility in which a kitchen or food service area is closed shall enter into a food service contract with a General Services Administration-approved vendor to provide food at such facility.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5231 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5231)

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- [114-hr-5999: Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5999)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4336: An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4336)
- [114-hr-4298: Vietnam Helicopter Crew Memorial Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5231 (as of 2025-11-18).