House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4315.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1806):Article I, Section 1. ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4315, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), John Olver (D-MA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Russ Carnahan.
- H.R. 3200 (112th) Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act
- H.R. 3046 (112th) Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2011
- H.R. 5711 (112th) Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2012
- H.Res. 258 (112th) Honoring and supporting women in the Middle East and North Africa for their bravery and leadership and calling on the United States…
- H.R. 3371 (112th) High-Performance Federal Buildings Act of 2011
- H.R. 6255 (112th) Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012
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.