House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2010
- Committee actionSep 15, 2010
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2010 · 358–66
- 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. 5993.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5993, Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals Act of 2010” on September 28, 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 28, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21861
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5993, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5993
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b273f2639ad7abc9bb9c62ec54b42d1ac47bb069665562fbad6d7881c940d08
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5993, Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals Act of 2010” on September 28, 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 28, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21861
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5993, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5993
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b273f2639ad7abc9bb9c62ec54b42d1ac47bb069665562fbad6d7881c940d08
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. 111-628 ↗. 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/628
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5993, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5993
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b273f2639ad7abc9bb9c62ec54b42d1ac47bb069665562fbad6d7881c940d08
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5993, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Bob Filner (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), John Hall (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
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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.