House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Walz D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 3, 2017
- Committee actionMay 8, 2018
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2018 — 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. 4245.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4245, Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017” 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/53844
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4245, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4245
- 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. 115-691 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 21, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/691
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4245, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4245
- 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. WALZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 179, November 3, 2017, Page H8496):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4245, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4245
- 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mark Meadows (R-NC), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Walz.
- H.R. 1725 (115th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for…
- H.R. 2519 (115th) The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 5520 (115th) VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018
- H.R. 6500 (115th) VET-2-FARM Act of 2018
- H.Res. 335 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
- H.R. 4316 (115th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity 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.