House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 604.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H432):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 604, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/604
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
146e3a17852d65222893d324042313b8af817be3694d14ae8d6241b0905d2991
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 604, last updated August 12, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Walter Jones (R-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 671 (113th) Ruth Moore Act of 2013
- H.R. 2197 (113th) York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2014
- H.R. 1414 (113th) Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 1976 (113th) Access to Certified Professional Midwives Act of 2013
- H.R. 4020 (113th) Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Repayment Act of 2014
- H.R. 489 (113th) HUBZone Expansion 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.