House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2760.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 92, May 26, 2017, Page H4615):(1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. Constitution; (3) To provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; and (4) To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution. (5) To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers,…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 901 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2760, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2760
- 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 6069 (115th) FIND Trafficking Act
- H.R. 2761 (115th) Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act
- H.R. 2759 (115th) NATS Act
- H.R. 199 (115th) Chicano Park Preservation Act
- H.R. 3795 (115th) Tijuana River Valley Comprehensive Protection and Rehabilitation Act of 2017
- H.R. 6801 (115th) RaD Fund Act of 2018
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.