House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 2, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5575.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 179, October 12, 2021, Page H5632):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5575, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5575
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), David Joyce (R-OH), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
- H.R. 958 (117th) Protecting Moms Who Served Act
- H.R. 6052 (117th) Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 2021
- H.R. 5603 (117th) Protections for Student Veterans Act
- H.R. 959 (117th) Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
- H.R. 6938 (117th) Job Protection Act
- H.R. 851 (117th) FAAN Act
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.