House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Veterans Access Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 4, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7926.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COX of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 138, August 4, 2020, Page H4219):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. ConsitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7926, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7926
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
11fb3c38a29fec25bdae7005bd242782c9df2b759cfc2828e3c8825c5761da25
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7926, last updated January 3, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tj Cox.
- H.R. 4716 (116th) I CAN Act
- H.R. 5316 (116th) Move Water Now Act
- H.R. 5347 (116th) Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act
- H.R. 657 (116th) Immediate Financial Relief for Federal Employees Act
- H.Res. 538 (116th) Recognizing the historical, cultural, and religious significance of Sikh Americans, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4589 (116th) To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to…
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.