House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Bill Mulder and Ryan Larkin Posttraumatic Growth Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2018
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 29, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5986.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 88, May 29, 2018, Page H4736):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5986, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4905315235a391ce1f954ace6ee5bef79137efe3c75baad8985db2d632898ee4
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
22 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 22 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), John Katko (R-NY), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
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.