House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2447.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALAZAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1695):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Providing Veterans BenefitsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2447, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
301c7a4b3a16e31516b9ebecebacf9567dc58ee884c8c2d3d07bf5fbed898c17
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 19, 2024). 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
52 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 41 Democrats
41 of 52 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maria Salazar.
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- H.R. 5349 (118th) Crucial Communism Teaching Act
- H.R. 4667 (118th) RECLAIM Taxpayer Funds Act
- H.R. 537 (118th) Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.Con.Res. 9 (118th) Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
- H.R. 314 (118th) FORCE Act
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.