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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2009

H.R. 4054Introduced Nov 6, 2009Policy area: Social Welfare
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MD
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 6, 2009 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

74 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 62 Democrats

12 of 74 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.

Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), John Hall (D-NY), Jane Harman (D-CA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and 44 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-3 district

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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.