House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To improve the processing of disability claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Miller R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Committee actionAug 1, 2013
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2013 · 404–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2189.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2189, a Bill to Improve the Processing of Disability Claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for Other Purposes” on September 26, 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, September 26, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44629
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2189, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-236 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 27, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2013 ↗
Evidence
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/236
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2189, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. MILLER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2957):Article I. Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2189, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Darrell Issa (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Michael Turner (R-OH), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Miller.
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- H.J.Res. 105 (113th) Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez.
- H.R. 3302 (113th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bay Pines, Florida, as the "C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs…
- H.R. 324 (113th) To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during…
- H.R. 357 (113th) GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2014
- H.R. 1095 (113th) TSA Loose Change Act
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.