Senate bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-66
A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Became law on Nov 30, 2021.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2021
- Committee actionMay 26, 2021
- Passed SenateAug 6, 2021 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 15, 2021 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 19, 2021
- Became lawNov 30, 2021
Latest action: Nov 30, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 117-66.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1031.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1031, a bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes” on June 21, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 26, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 21, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57314
- CBO publication date
- June 21, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1031, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1031
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- 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 committee report (as of May 29, 2026). 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.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ben Luján (D-NM), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
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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.