House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 1, 2023
- Committee actionDec 5, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 556.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3790.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3790, Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2023” on January 3, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 5, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 3, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59844
- CBO publication date
- January 3, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3790, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-660 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 10, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/660
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3790, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
887350039c61f96ed494667b15d3e2505e66f91bc36e70ffa1536b67d6c52096
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 95, June 1, 2023, Page H2713):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 556 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3790, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
887350039c61f96ed494667b15d3e2505e66f91bc36e70ffa1536b67d6c52096
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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
23 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 20 Democrats
3 of 23 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
- H.Res. 554 (118th) Affirming the nature and importance of the support of the United States for the religious and ethnic minority survivors of genocide in Iraq.
- H.R. 1370 (118th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 2390 (118th) Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
- H.R. 1815 (118th) Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act
- H.R. 2852 (118th) Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2023
- H.R. 4838 (118th) Specialty Crop Security Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.