House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Cazayoux D-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2008
- Committee actionJul 16, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008 · 421–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6445.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6445, Veterans Health Care Policy Enhancements Act of 2008” on July 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20115
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6445, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6445
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5af81028cb4e68ecb93d20e98740abf50f0f6b78f23edbfc7366d9b24242d0e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6445, Veterans Health Care Policy Enhancements Act of 2008” on July 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20115
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6445, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6445
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5af81028cb4e68ecb93d20e98740abf50f0f6b78f23edbfc7366d9b24242d0e
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-786 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 29, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/786
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6445, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6445
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5af81028cb4e68ecb93d20e98740abf50f0f6b78f23edbfc7366d9b24242d0e
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Phil Hare (D-IL), Michael Michaud (D-ME), John Salazar (D-CO), Zachary Space (D-OH).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.