House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Accountability for Quality VA Healthcare Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2017
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- Passed House—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3874.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 156, September 28, 2017, Page H7636):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3874, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3874
- 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.
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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
21 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats
11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), James Renacci (R-OH), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), David Valadao (R-CA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
- H.R. 1159 (115th) United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act
- H.R. 1066 (115th) VA Management Alignment Act of 2017
- H.R. 3712 (115th) Major General Tim Lowenberg National Guard Cyber Defenders Act
- H.R. 1253 (115th) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017
- H.R. 4077 (115th) Honest Ads Act
- H.R. 1160 (115th) ACO Assignment Improvement 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.