House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

H.R. 3798Introduced Jul 17, 2019Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedJul 17, 2019
Committee actionMar 12, 2020
Passed HouseSep 23, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 24, 2020 — 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. 3798.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3798, Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act” on April 8, 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 8, 2020 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56318
CBO publication date
April 8, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3798, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3798
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-529 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 22, 2020.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2020 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3798, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3798
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 Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 120, July 17, 2019, Page H6000):
Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3798, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3798
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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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

34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats

0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Denny Heck (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and 4 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-26 district

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