House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
VA Scheduling Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee actionMay 17, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 24, 2017 · 419–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2017 — 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. 467.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 467, VA Scheduling Accountability Act” on May 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 17, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52744
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 467, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/467
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 467, VA Scheduling Accountability Act” on May 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 17, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52743
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 467, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/467
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30ed7e8b7e6cbbfa29660b2e150995017fb426df25f0494bfbe51efcc6bb0a9c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-149 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 23, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/149
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 467, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/467
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30ed7e8b7e6cbbfa29660b2e150995017fb426df25f0494bfbe51efcc6bb0a9c
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WALORSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H472):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the UnitedStates ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 467, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/467
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30ed7e8b7e6cbbfa29660b2e150995017fb426df25f0494bfbe51efcc6bb0a9c
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 independent
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.