House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1604.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MacARTHUR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1604, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1604
- 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
25 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 25 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Rick Allen (R-GA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ken Buck (R-CO), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Kevin Yoder (R-KS), David Young (R-IA), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas MacArthur.
- H.R. 3036 (114th) 9/11 Memorial Act
- H.R. 2295 (114th) National Energy Security Corridors Act
- H.R. 5008 (114th) Clarify Workers Misclassification in the Construction Industry Act
- H.R. 638 (114th) Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 4204 (114th) Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4750 (114th) Adoption Leave for Military Families 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.