House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Graves R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1783.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 55, March 29, 2017, Page H2559):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constituion, which grants Cognress the power to provide for the common Defense and general welfare of the United States [Page H1615]Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1783, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1783
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 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
23 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 23 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Robert Brady (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David Price (D-NC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Scott Taylor (R-VA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves.
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- H.R. 2024 (115th) End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2017
- H.R. 2957 (115th) Save Rural Hospitals Act
- H.R. 5701 (115th) To establish an aviation maintenance workforce development pilot program.
- H.Res. 312 (115th) Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing the Nation's civic, cultural, and economic…
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.