House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5128.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2150):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5128, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5128
- 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Martha Roby.
- H.Con.Res. 79 (114th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 719.
- H.R. 3234 (114th) VA Medical Center Recovery Act
- H.R. 465 (114th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015
- H.R. 31 (114th) Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 101 (114th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by…
- H.R. 6219 (114th) Unsecured Server 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.