House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain veterans with nonarticulating trailers in furnishing adaptive equipment to veterans.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5447.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 204, December 17, 2019, Page H10609):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5447, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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
18 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 18 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Ed Case (D-HI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Steve King (R-IA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Michael Turner (R-OH), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 555 (116th) Disability Integration Act of 2019
- H.R. 2408 (116th) Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2019
- H.R. 3396 (116th) Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1799 (116th) Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2019
- H.R. 437 (116th) Safe RESEARCH Act
- H.R. 3972 (116th) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2019
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.