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House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

VET-2-FARM Act of 2018

H.R. 6500Introduced Jul 24, 2018Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Walz D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 24, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6500.

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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6500, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

17 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 14 Democrats

3 of 17 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

Mike Bost (R-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Al Lawson (D-FL), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Scott Tipton (R-CO).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Walz.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-1 district

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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.