House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Women Veterans Health Care Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2019 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2982.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 87, May 23, 2019, Page H4166):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have the power to . . . provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 295 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2982, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2982
- 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
20 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 16 Democrats
4 of 20 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Ed Case (D-HI), H. Griffith (R-VA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Susie Lee (D-NV), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Brian Mast (R-FL), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Cunningham.
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- H.R. 7092 (116th) Great American Outdoors Act
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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.