House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
- Committee actionOct 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 6, 2017 · 399–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 7, 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. 1066.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1066, VA Management Alignment Act of 2017” on October 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 12, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53214
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1066, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1066
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-389 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 6, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/389
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1066, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1066
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8e5cde024eb08cc14e8d62ff97d72f2e4f501eba684c73d419f9e0e11f1ef590
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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. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 27, February 15, 2017, Page H1244):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1066, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1066
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8e5cde024eb08cc14e8d62ff97d72f2e4f501eba684c73d419f9e0e11f1ef590
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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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), James Renacci (R-OH), Kathleen Rice (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
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- H.R. 1253 (115th) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017
- H.R. 4077 (115th) Honest Ads Act
- H.R. 1160 (115th) ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3874 (115th) Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act
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.