House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2019
- Committee actionMar 12, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 12, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1647.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1647, Veterans Equal Access Act” on March 25, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56299
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1647, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 42, March 8, 2019, Page H2615):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1647, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a4c99114fcb3136244e049d6974a56c6b6ca268e2bfa2c516612ca923b8ca79
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1647, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
21 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 other
7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), David Joyce (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), W. Steube (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.