House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6797.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 33, February 18, 2022, Page H1133):i) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution; 2) To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof, , as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 436 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6797, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d355b79713fc0730376f42cf985242d11820d0df40ace374698a3fe21bcbd0b8
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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Vargas.
- H.R. 6889 (117th) Credit Union Board Modernization Act
- H.R. 1187 (117th) Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act
- H.R. 3125 (117th) COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 782 (117th) Homeownership for DREAMers Act
- H.R. 2353 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Helen Fabela…
- H.R. 618 (117th) Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers 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.