House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2017 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 93.
- 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 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 93, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/93
- 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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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 April 7, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
- H.R. 4641 (115th) To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John L. Canley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War while a member of the…
- H.R. 95 (115th) Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
- H.R. 91 (115th) Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
- H.R. 99 (115th) Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act
- H.R. 103 (115th) Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act
- 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.