House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Expand and Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2019
- Committee actionJul 23, 2019
- Passed HouseJul 23, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2019 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2942.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2942, Helping Expand and Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act” on July 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 11, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55464
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2942, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-166 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 23, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2019 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/166
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2942, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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. CISNEROS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 87, May 23, 2019, Page H4165):Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2942, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2942
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ben Luján (D-NM), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gilbert Cisneros.
- H.R. 2943 (116th) Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act
- H.R. 7163 (116th) VA FOIA Reform Act of 2020
- H.R. 4748 (116th) Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019
- H.R. 2230 (116th) BREAK PAY for Veterans Act
- H.R. 5590 (116th) Korean American VALOR Act
- H.R. 5282 (116th) Military Family Parole in Place Act
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.