House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-240
Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018
Became law on Sep 17, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Coffman R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2017
- Committee actionMay 8, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 22, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 5, 2018
- Became lawSep 17, 2018
Latest action: Sep 17, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-240.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2147.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2147, Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53846
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2147, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2147
- 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. 115-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 18, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/682
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2147, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2147
- 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. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 71, April 26, 2017, Page H2897):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2147, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2147
- 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
53 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 32 Democrats, 1 independent
33 of 53 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Doug Collins (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), John Larson (D-CT), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), A. McEachin (D-VA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.