House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Mast R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Committee actionApr 28, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 24, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 794.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 562.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 562, Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023” on May 9, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 28, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59123
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 562, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/562
- 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. 118-945 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 24, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 24, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/945
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 562, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ca8812de53c502fb049d84bc3f73b7bbfd9bc1b9cd5344850bdfaa5a75cb469
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H429):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 562, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ca8812de53c502fb049d84bc3f73b7bbfd9bc1b9cd5344850bdfaa5a75cb469
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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
34 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 34 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jared Golden (D-ME), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mike Johnson (R-LA), David Joyce (R-OH), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Keith Self (R-TX) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast.
- H.R. 7333 (118th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the "Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center".
- H.R. 340 (118th) Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act
- H.R. 1189 (118th) Undersea Cable Control Act
- H.R. 8234 (118th) To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 8232 (118th) To authorize the Secretary of State to withdraw from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…
- H.R. 6119 (118th) State Department Security Notification Act
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.