House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2023 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2818.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Page H1948):Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 280 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2818, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 6, 2025). 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
27 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 27 cosponsors (85%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marie Perez (D-WA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.