House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Fair Access to Veterans Healthcare Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3978.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 165, November 5, 2015, Page H8154):This bill is encated pursuant to Section 2 of Amendment XV of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3978, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3978
- 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), David McKinley (R-WV), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
- H.R. 1880 (114th) Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 1974 (114th) HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2015
- H.Res. 711 (114th) Expressing support for designation of April 30, 2016, as Día de los Niños: Celebrating Young Americans.
- H.R. 2668 (114th) National Care Corps Act of 2015
- H.R. 993 (114th) Veterans' Independent Living Enhancement Act
- H.R. 6443 (114th) Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment 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.