House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6470.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 192, November 21, 2023, Page H5903):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans BenefitsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 81 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6470, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ccf865e119ff227be1c1c8e7e03a3b5e8928efb86b92a032fcd366e7ed7fcc71
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 April 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6470, last updated April 29, 2026. 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
53 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 52 Democrats
1 of 53 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Becca Balint (D-VT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 5685 (118th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023
- H.Res. 173 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 27 through March 3, 2023, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.Res. 1032 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 26 through March 1, 2024, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 8807 (118th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024
- H.R. 4844 (118th) Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
- H.R. 3111 (118th) Words Matter 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.