House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Voices for Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2017
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jun 8, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2827.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DelBENE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4819):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2827, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2827
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69ec129ffaddba6a1f8716574c457a83117d278e0b6ac695f76dac0f9bee5316
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
80 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 78 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 80 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Suzan DelBene.
- H.R. 1675 (115th) National Landslide Preparedness Act
- H.Res. 405 (115th) Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as "LGBT Equality Day".
- H.R. 489 (115th) No Religious Registry Act of 2017
- H.R. 3443 (115th) Birth Control Privacy Act
- H.R. 1103 (115th) Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1380 (115th) Timber Innovation Act of 2017
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.