House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
STRONG Veterans Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2022
- Committee actionFeb 2, 2022
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6411.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-382 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 23, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/382
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6411, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 11, January 18, 2022, Page H216):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, authorized by Congress' power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 165 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6411, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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 CBO cost estimate (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
40 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 35 Democrats
5 of 40 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Rouzer (R-NC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 1276 (117th) SAVE LIVES Act
- H.R. 1948 (117th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 3967 (117th) Honoring our PACT 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.