House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1622.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 47, March 17, 2017, Pages H2184-H2185):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1622, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1622
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
744c16a87cfd7f9ccf48b712d0ac2c6a42bb2e46db52168f7918918fc1932e67
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 11, 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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), James Langevin (D-RI), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), David Price (D-NC), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Mark Takano (D-CA), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 5605 (115th) Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
- H.R. 3258 (115th) Marketplace Certainty Act
- H.R. 1844 (115th) Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017
- H.R. 4114 (115th) Environmental Justice Act of 2017
- H.R. 5060 (115th) Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2018
- H.R. 2575 (115th) BENES 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.