House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

State Veterans Home Inspection Simplification Act

H.R. 4138Introduced Jul 30, 2019Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Suozzi D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 30, 2019
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 31, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4138.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
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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

30 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 14 Democrats

16 of 30 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ed Case (D-HI), John Curtis (R-UT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Denny Heck (D-WA), John Joyce (R-PA), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben McAdams (D-UT), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Paul Tonko (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Suozzi.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-3 district

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