House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionJul 19, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 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. 95.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 95, Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act” on July 24, 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, July 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52966
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 95, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/95
- 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. 115-266 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 28, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/266
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 95, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/95
- 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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- 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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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 95, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/95
- 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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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
15 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 14 Democrats
1 of 15 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mark Takano (D-CA), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
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. 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. 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.