House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedNov 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6179.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 181, November 2, 2023, Page H5363):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution which provides Congress with the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises in order to provide for the general Welfare of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill subject is veteran benefits.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 376 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6179, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6179
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6179, last updated May 27, 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
52 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 41 Democrats
11 of 52 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Salud Carbajal.
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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.