House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
VA Regional Office Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1824.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2400):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 314 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1824, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1824
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9141e498e3bbb9a057d26721621946ec6cc221ae064ba40d98bcc7a6fad7ef64
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
31 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 28 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 31 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Walter Jones (R-NC), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and 1 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.