House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1609.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1288):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To revise the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1609, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dec3c862b74aed83ed98dd8398850ec82e1ae94352c49acd81c191c84799d38c
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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1609, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Sharice Davids (D-KS), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil.
- H.R. 9487 (118th) House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
- H.R. 9488 (118th) SHIELD Act
- H.R. 9489 (118th) Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
- H.Res. 197 (118th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
- H.Res. 194 (118th) Electing Members to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing.
- H.Res. 321 (118th) Permitting official photographs of the House of Representatives to be taken while the House is in actual session on a date designated by…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.