House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3956.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2789):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against veterans.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3956, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3956, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
14 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 14 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Marie Perez (D-WA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Burchett.
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- H.R. 6586 (118th) To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 449 (118th) Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1323 (118th) Rejecting the United Nations decision to place the Israel Defense Force on a list of child's rights abusers.
- H.R. 455 (118th) To amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions.
- H.R. 10133 (118th) Timely Stock Disclosure Act
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.