House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2015
- Committee actionSep 21, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2016 — 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. 3216.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3216, Veterans Emergency Treatment Act” on September 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52042
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3216, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 119, July 27, 2015, Pages H5523-H5524):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3216, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a4bc4925e69fc7472688df8a1169e84276ca37373d56a5f27ffe843ae6738550
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3216, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
13 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA).
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.