House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 28, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2014 — 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. 2527.
- 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 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2527, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2527
- 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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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 April 7, 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
27 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 25 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 27 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Mark Takano (D-CA), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus.
- H.R. 1405 (113th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include a notice of disagreement form in any notice…
- H.R. 1763 (113th) Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act
- H.R. 2529 (113th) Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act
- H.R. 2086 (113th) Pay As You Rate Act
- H.R. 4249 (113th) Helping Hungry Students Learn Act
- H.R. 1395 (113th) Weekends Without Hunger 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.