House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 29, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2557.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 75, May 7, 2019, Page H3476):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2557, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2557
- 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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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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Joyce (R-PA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Norma Torres (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Maloney.
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- H.R. 1981 (116th) Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
- H.R. 3280 (116th) LGBTQ Essential Data Act
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- H.R. 695 (116th) To redesignate the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area as the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, and…
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.