House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Backlog Reduction Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1739.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENYART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2353):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1739, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1739
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 12, 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Pete Gallego (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.