House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

H.R. 2816Introduced May 16, 2019Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Elise Stefanik R-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 16, 2019
Committee actionMar 12, 2020
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 12, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2816.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2816, Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019” on April 23, 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, April 23, 2020 ↗
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April 23, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2816, 116th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2816
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 82, May 16, 2019, Page H3925):
Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2816, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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

24 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 18 Democrats

19 of 24 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Harder (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Katie Porter (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Susan Wild (D-PA), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-21 district

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