House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Coffman R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 13, 2017
- Committee actionMay 8, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 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. 4635.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4635, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes” 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/53839
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4635, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4635
- 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. 115-687 ↗. 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 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/687
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4635, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4635
- 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. 203, December 13, 2017, Page H9900):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 13, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4635, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4635
- 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
27 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 27 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), James Himes (D-CT), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
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.