House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2022
- Committee actionJul 27, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2022 · 220–208
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7946.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7946, the Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022” on December 5, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 15, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58851
- CBO publication date
- December 5, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7946, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-558 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 15, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/558
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7946, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d30576ab8e93a2100e755e18bd75e9571530c2c5132e596bd5c749053fe50a5
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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. 95, June 3, 2022, Pages H5233-H5234):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7946, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d30576ab8e93a2100e755e18bd75e9571530c2c5132e596bd5c749053fe50a5
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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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP) and 6 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. 6411 (117th) STRONG Veterans 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.