House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-257
Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014
Became law on Dec 18, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2014
- Committee actionSep 10, 2014
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 15, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2014
- Became lawDec 18, 2014
Latest action: Dec 18, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-257.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4276.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4276, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014” on September 12, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45716
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4276, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. 113-598 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 15, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2014 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/598
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4276, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. CASSIDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2488):The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4276, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), William Enyart (D-IL), David Jolly (R-FL), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Todd Young (R-IN).
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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.