House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2019
- Committee actionJul 30, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2020 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3228.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3228, VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act” on September 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56604
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3228, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 98, June 12, 2019, Page H4628):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3228, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41fb8d22a3550ff64759e4c1e96eb44956fca169ce1077917ae83092dc470086
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3228, last updated May 28, 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
13 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Tom Rice (R-SC), W. Steube (R-FL), Steve Watkins (R-KS).
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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.