House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
VA Appeals Backlog Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2015 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1302.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1616):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; And Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereofSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 377 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1302, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 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
23 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 23 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Rod Blum (R-IA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Garret Graves (R-LA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Steve Israel (D-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Mia Love (R-UT), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Luke Messer (R-IN), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Steve Stivers (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
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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.