House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1268.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 36, March 1, 2017, Page H1463):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 112 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1268, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 December 5, 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
39 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 39 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), John Garamendi (D-CA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Ron Kind (D-WI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 4689 (115th) To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
- H.R. 2824 (115th) To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and to amend the…
- H.R. 5861 (115th) Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act
- H.R. 1311 (115th) Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
- H.R. 2224 (115th) Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
- H.R. 5507 (115th) Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018
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.