House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
VET-2-FARM Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 124, July 24, 2018, Page H7156):Clause 5 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6500, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58fd890367fecadb110dc56c83b46d09011252305fc11bdda7b8585985fb40d6
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
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.
- H.R. 1725 (115th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for…
- H.R. 2519 (115th) The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 4245 (115th) Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017
- H.R. 5520 (115th) VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018
- H.Res. 335 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
- H.R. 4316 (115th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2017
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.