House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act
Sponsor: Rep. Claudia Tenney R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 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. 1690.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1690, Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act” on July 21, 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 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52950
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1690, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1690
- 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. 115-249 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/249
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1690, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1690
- 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 Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 50, March 22, 2017, Page H2350):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1690, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c68a85b0d42b2c460b897a7fba8e151981c0835ba93791acae997bdb83f90439
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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
12 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chris Collins (R-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), John Faso (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Walter Jones (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney.
- H.R. 3971 (115th) Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017
- H.R. 5723 (115th) Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
- H.R. 5076 (115th) Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018
- H.R. 4758 (115th) FOMC Policy Responsibility Act
- H.R. 4473 (115th) Veteran Entrepreneurs Act of 2017
- H.R. 3889 (115th) WHEEL 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.