House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
VET PFAS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 8, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4249.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILDEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3072):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill provides eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care services to veterans and their family members who have specified conditions and resided at a military installation where individuals were exposed to PFAS. For disability compensation purposes, the bill also establishes a persumption of service-connection for specified conditions in veterans who served as a military installation at which individuals were exposed to PFASSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 512 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4249, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
21718447e02e6b7f2e7d2d908d1807b93f4261db25f29766c36f4e5a8c4ef781
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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.
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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
41 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 37 Democrats
4 of 41 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), James Moylan (R-GU), Richard Neal (D-MA) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Kildee.
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- H.R. 1407 (118th) Financing Lead Out of Water Act
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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.