Senate bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-387
Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008
Became law on Oct 10, 2008.
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Akaka D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 15, 2007
- Committee actionNov 14, 2007
- Passed SenateJun 3, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2008 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesSep 27, 2008
- To the PresidentSep 30, 2008
- Became lawOct 10, 2008
Latest action: Oct 10, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-387.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2162.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2162, Veterans Mental Health Improvements Act of 2007” on April 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs on November 14, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19609
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2162, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2162
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8ffe04864f19703b5fdf43ed6b8254199175766cfa791bea299b6900133e8e9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2162, Veterans Mental Health Improvements Act of 2007” on April 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs on November 14, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19609
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2162, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2162
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8ffe04864f19703b5fdf43ed6b8254199175766cfa791bea299b6900133e8e9
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: S. Rept. 110-281 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on April 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/281
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2162, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2162
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8ffe04864f19703b5fdf43ed6b8254199175766cfa791bea299b6900133e8e9
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2162, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
12 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 4 Democrats
8 of 12 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Richard Burr (R-NC), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), John Ensign (R-NV), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.
- S. 2617 (110th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008
- S. 550 (110th) A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
- S. 3023 (110th) Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008
- S. 274 (110th) Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
- S.Res. 497 (110th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the…
- S. 3013 (110th) Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008
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.