House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2017
- Committee actionNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 7, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 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. 2123.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2123, Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017” on November 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53295
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2123, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2123
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-394 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 7, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/394
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2123, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2123
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 70, April 25, 2017, Page H2847):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 The Congress shall have Power to raise and support armies; to provide and maintain a navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 324 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2123, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2123
- 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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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
26 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 11 Democrats, 1 independent
12 of 26 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), James Cooper (D-TN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Sam Graves (R-MO), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Greg Walden (R-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
- H.R. 2353 (115th) Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 2316 (115th) Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2017
- H.R. 6014 (115th) To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
- H.R. 6507 (115th) Oil Region National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 4101 (115th) School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017
- H.R. 5595 (115th) National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments 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.