House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Heroes Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 9, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5904.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PEREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 164, October 6, 2023, Page H4991):Article I of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans AffairsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5904, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5904
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a536257048165b11346998c2c44450a5a1d1117b8da9931af50ddc10259aa1a3
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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5904, last updated June 6, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), John James (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3922 (118th) Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2023
- H.R. 6433 (118th) PARA–EMT Act of 2023
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.