House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Committee actionOct 29, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 17, 2019 · 409–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3530.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3530, Improving Confidence in Veterans’ Care Act” on November 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 29, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55870
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3530, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3530
- 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. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 109, June 27, 2019, Page H5258):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 295 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3530, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3530
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5a4a88d9cd6891eaf1183fec194262a6d2bbe59e3ed4b1379081039c887f047
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3530, 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
22 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 22 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), James Baird (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Chris Collins (R-NY), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jody Hice (R-GA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Ross Spano (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Cloud.
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.