House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 13, 2021
- Committee actionNov 4, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5029.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5029, Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act” on February 8, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 4, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 8, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57820
- CBO publication date
- February 8, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5029, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5029
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 146, August 13, 2021, Page H4331):Article l, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5029, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5029
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5029, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 9 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3218 (117th) Wastewater Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2021
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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.