House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Walz D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2009
- Committee actionSep 15, 2010
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2010 — 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. 3787.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3787, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law” on September 27, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 15, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21864
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3787, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3787
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9abb34bc671ae58f846ffe3f8af2ee4985fdccb3c663c71e620cd826fd08b29c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3787, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law” on September 27, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 15, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21864
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3787, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3787
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9abb34bc671ae58f846ffe3f8af2ee4985fdccb3c663c71e620cd826fd08b29c
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. 111-625 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 28, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/625
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3787, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3787
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9abb34bc671ae58f846ffe3f8af2ee4985fdccb3c663c71e620cd826fd08b29c
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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
43 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 32 Democrats
11 of 43 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
John Adler (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), John Hall (D-NY), Deborah Halvorson (D-IL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Tom Latham (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Eric Massa (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jeff Miller (R-FL) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Walz.
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- H.R. 5400 (111th) Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2010
- H.R. 4403 (111th) SPACE-A Travel Act of 2009
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.