House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Coffman R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
- Committee actionJul 19, 2017
- Passed HouseNov 7, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 2017 — 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. 918.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 918, Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act” on September 28, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53172
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 918, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. 115-390 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 6, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2017 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/390
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 918, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1084):Article I , Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 918, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
40 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 24 Democrats, 1 independent
25 of 40 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), James Himes (D-CT), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Al Lawson (D-FL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
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- H.R. 2006 (115th) VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act
- H.R. 4099 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts 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.