House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-289
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma.
Became law on Dec 27, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 19, 2021
- Committee actionApr 6, 2022
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2022 · 414–2
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022
Latest action: Dec 27, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-289.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6064.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6064, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims” on May 4, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58054
- CBO publication date
- May 4, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6064, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6064
- 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. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 202, November 19, 2021, Page H6670):Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6064, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6064
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
939d356ca6b67c1c2f29098b89176fa14098dc81f56267ee965b28ef1ba92387
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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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Bill Posey (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 7188 (117th) Modernizing Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefit Questionnaires Act
- H.R. 6132 (117th) Public Safety Enhancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 3529 (117th) SCORE Act of 2021
- H.R. 2100 (117th) Providing Americans with LNG Safely Act
- H.R. 8212 (117th) Stop Child Abuse Act
- H.R. 8507 (117th) Scope 3 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.