House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionMay 17, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2017 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 134.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 91.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 91, Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act” on May 22, 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 22, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52754
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 91, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/91
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-197 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 28, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 2017 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/197
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 91, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/91
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94125ad5bf9f5fb2f6cfff6ea0786875fece7b92af65dba14249f24704dff300
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H49):Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 91, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/91
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94125ad5bf9f5fb2f6cfff6ea0786875fece7b92af65dba14249f24704dff300
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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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats
4 of 14 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
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- H.R. 93 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans.
- H.R. 4145 (115th) Protect Victims of Crime Act
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.