House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2529.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TITUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4144):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, and Section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2529, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2529
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9372e52d53fc23db748d31e25e21257f9584779e7552b7d2a0b381d8102f007a
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
64 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 63 Democrats
1 of 64 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA) and 34 more.
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. 2527 (113th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive…
- H.R. 1763 (113th) Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees 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.