Senate bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-171
Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
Became law on Oct 17, 2020.
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Tester D-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2019
- Committee actionJan 29, 2020
- Passed SenateAug 5, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2020 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 6, 2020
- Became lawOct 17, 2020
Latest action: Oct 17, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-171.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 785.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 785, Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019” on March 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on January 29, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56288
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 785, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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
53 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 32 Democrats, 3 independents
18 of 53 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), John Hoeven (R-ND), Doug Jones (D-AL), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Edward Markey (D-MA), Martha McSally (R-AZ) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 92 (116th) A resolution designating the first week of April 2019 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
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.