House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2014
- 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. 4261.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2485):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4261, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcf3f2e697b4c205a329c642e68bed84e86653b282edef2e2949718d531fef43
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4261, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Katherine Clark (D-MA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
- H.R. 1412 (113th) Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013
- H.R. 3210 (113th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 1402 (113th) VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013
- H.R. 3593 (113th) VA Construction Assistance Act of 2014
- H.R. 2882 (113th) Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013
- H.R. 435 (113th) Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2013
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.