House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2022
- Committee actionApr 6, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2022
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 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. 7158.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7158, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act” on June 10, 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, June 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58187
- CBO publication date
- June 10, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7158, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7158
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7158, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act” on November 29, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted to the Website of the Clerk of the House on November 25, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 29, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58835
- CBO publication date
- November 29, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7158, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
09defbe4b3b87a1085a32a0237a8ea4f8fb60b7ad327962b734bad7f1d7838c1
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 49, March 18, 2022, Page H3854):Under Article 1, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing Powers and All Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or Any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 309 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7158, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
09defbe4b3b87a1085a32a0237a8ea4f8fb60b7ad327962b734bad7f1d7838c1
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7158, last updated December 5, 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
15 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 15 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), J. Correa (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mark Green (R-TN), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Bill Posey (R-FL), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins.
- H.Res. 1005 (117th) Honoring the life and legacy of the late Congressman Don Young of Alaska.
- H.R. 2729 (117th) Finish the Wall Act
- H.Res. 612 (117th) Calling for the immediate resignation of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
- H.Res. 610 (117th) Calling for the immediate resignation of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Alexander Milley.
- H.Res. 611 (117th) Calling for the immediate resignation of Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III.
- H.R. 7914 (117th) To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14074.
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.