House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Committee actionJul 26, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 5, 2023 · 414–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2023 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 542.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 542, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act” on September 29, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 26, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59573
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 542, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/542
- 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. 118-284 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 29, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/284
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 542, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/542
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H429):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 542, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1cb0cda03ceb7f9d86feae70dcfadaa0b8b558be39da92fa52f9f6a1879c9cff
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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
76 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 63 Democrats
13 of 76 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA) and 46 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
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- H.Res. 1432 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as "National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day" to educate about the growing…
- H.R. 2413 (118th) Dental Care for Veterans Act
- H.R. 544 (118th) Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2023
- H.R. 1278 (118th) DRIVE Act
- H.R. 239 (118th) Same Day Registration Act of 2023
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.