House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
VA Provider Equity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2017
- Committee actionJul 19, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2017 — 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. 1058.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1058, VA Provider Equity Act” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52962
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1058, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1058
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 26, February 14, 2017, Page H1185):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1058, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1058
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42d0f0d96ea93b1f0cc40749b66eb46b30ebb4b82e9f7b244b7496ff30745def
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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
23 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 23 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Denny Heck (D-WA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), James Himes (D-CT), Steve King (R-IA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Mia Love (R-UT), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), David Trott (R-MI), Michael Turner (R-OH), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Wenstrup.
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- H.R. 1662 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking in any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6066 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the productivity of the management of Department of Veterans Affairs health care, and…
- H.R. 1298 (115th) CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.