House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William "Bill" Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2018
- Committee actionJul 12, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 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. 5649.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5649, Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William ‘Bill’ Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018” on July 19, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 12, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54225
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5649, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-864 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/864
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5649, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6818f250cba248d765b64f243ed51a9ef95bf5d40a50e912fc6d404e729fe39c
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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. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 69, April 27, 2018, Page H3742):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2018 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5649, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6818f250cba248d765b64f243ed51a9ef95bf5d40a50e912fc6d404e729fe39c
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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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jodey Arrington.
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- H.R. 3561 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit appraisers approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make appraisals for purposes…
- H.R. 1461 (115th) VET Protection Act of 2017
- H.J.Res. 134 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of…
- H.J.Res. 101 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of…
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.