House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Walz D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2011 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1855.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3220):This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1855, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d91f020329d63f0948be5bd7f0f53080357c97ccdb05a5aa7ffa7f9e6cb33d86
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bob Filner (D-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Adam Schiff (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Walz.
- H.R. 3670 (112th) To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
- H.R. 1025 (112th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status…
- H.R. 1148 (112th) Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act
- H.R. 865 (112th) Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011
- H.R. 3236 (112th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011
- H.R. 3144 (112th) Field EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2011
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.