House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Matt Cartwright D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2024 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5247.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 138, August 22, 2023, Page H4197):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint a psychiatrist who completes a residency at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility to a VHA health care position immediately after such residency, without regard to civil service or classification laws, if (1) the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed for the position, and (2) the position has been unfilled for at least 35 days.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 656 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5247, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5247
- 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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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 May 27, 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
22 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 20 Democrats
2 of 22 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Becca Balint (D-VT), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
- H.R. 1695 (118th) Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- H.R. 8426 (118th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
- H.R. 5322 (118th) Time Off to Vote Act
- H.R. 3600 (118th) VA Work-Study Improvement Act
- H.R. 3601 (118th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
- H.R. 5748 (118th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy 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.