House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Committee actionMay 4, 2021
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2022 · 219–201
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1948.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1948, VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021” on May 19, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57234
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1948, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3470a10ba2c5e61f0c2858684c074e87fef862618c5f871e593d47002b1a04bb
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-618 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 12, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/618
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1948, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3470a10ba2c5e61f0c2858684c074e87fef862618c5f871e593d47002b1a04bb
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 49, March 16, 2021, Page H1414):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1948, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3470a10ba2c5e61f0c2858684c074e87fef862618c5f871e593d47002b1a04bb
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
218 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 216 Democrats
2 of 218 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and 188 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 1276 (117th) SAVE LIVES Act
- H.R. 3967 (117th) Honoring our PACT Act of 2022
- H.R. 6411 (117th) STRONG Veterans Act of 2022
- H.R. 7946 (117th) Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022
- H.R. 7589 (117th) Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran Copays Act
- H.R. 5721 (117th) VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional Research Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.