House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-315
Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Sponsor: Rep. David Roe R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2016 · 419–0
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2016 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 14, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-315.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6416.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6416, Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016” on December 7, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 6, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52322
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6416, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6416
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
591ff17bd2d32ba0216eeada42c030fc551bab8ad12cb3368709e77d51691652
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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. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 172, December 1, 2016, Page H7119):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6416, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6416
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
591ff17bd2d32ba0216eeada42c030fc551bab8ad12cb3368709e77d51691652
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 September 8, 2026). 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Roe.
- H.R. 2814 (114th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Sevierville, Tennessee, the Dannie A. Carr Veterans…
- H.R. 1190 (114th) Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 88 (114th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary".
- H.R. 5399 (114th) Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016
- H.R. 4293 (114th) Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act
- H.R. 2653 (114th) American Health Care Reform Act of 2015
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.