House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2013
- Committee actionAug 1, 2013
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2014 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2072.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2072, Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2013” on August 16, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on August 1, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44512
- CBO publication date
- August 16, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2072, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2072
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
439ef656b241bde474601931cc16de7058fd902c53365110439e0ab21eb09701
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-245 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 17, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 17, 2013 ↗
Evidence
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/245
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2072, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2072
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
439ef656b241bde474601931cc16de7058fd902c53365110439e0ab21eb09701
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2072, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2072
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
439ef656b241bde474601931cc16de7058fd902c53365110439e0ab21eb09701
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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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 independent
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Chris Collins (R-NY), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
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.