House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2020
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 15, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5610.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 9, January 15, 2020, Page H300):U.S. Const. art. 1, sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 26 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5610, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
426c5cf420fb0a9645d153440c1f97d0e86b2515c320cebee0032a62dd33bfb1
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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
39 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 29 Democrats
10 of 39 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Scott Tipton (R-CO) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
- H.R. 3399 (116th) To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4356 (116th) Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 2473 (116th) Securing Access for the central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act
- H.R. 3400 (116th) ENLIST Act
- H.R. 3510 (116th) Water Resources Research Amendments Act
- H.R. 5236 (116th) Youth Workforce Readiness 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.