Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act
Sponsor: Sen. Joni Ernst R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2019
- Committee actionJul 16, 2019
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 16, 2019 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 172.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 143.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 143, Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act” on August 7, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 16, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55529
- CBO publication date
- August 7, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 143, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-70 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on August 16, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/70
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 143, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Cory Gardner (R-CO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus King (I-ME), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mike Rounds (R-SD).
More from the sponsor
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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.