House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Committee actionMay 18, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 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. 3956.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3956, VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act” on May 23, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 18, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51613
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3956, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b86e1398dc3ee599b30972a6678c741c175ca408e96c9bfa182b1b999830443
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 165, November 5, 2015, Page H8153):Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3956, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b86e1398dc3ee599b30972a6678c741c175ca408e96c9bfa182b1b999830443
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. 3956, 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
12 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Martha Roby (R-AL), John Shimkus (R-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 3714 (114th) Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015
- H.R. 2523 (114th) American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act
- H.R. 1429 (114th) Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015
- H.R. 5231 (114th) Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act
- H.R. 5733 (114th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Guaranteed Loan Modernization Act of 2016
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.