House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include information relating to the rate of suicide among covered Reserves in each National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report of the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep. Guy Reschenthaler R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6873.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RESCHENTHALER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6999):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include information relating to the rate of suicide among covered Reserves in each National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report of the Office Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of the Department of Veterans Affairs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 332 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6873, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 18, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 18, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler.
- H.Res. 1009 (118th) Providing consideration of the bill (H.R. 7176) to repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.
- H.Res. 1085 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1023) to repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction…
- H.Res. 1149 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6323) to modify the availability of certain waiver authorities with respect to sanctions…
- H.Res. 1269 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8580) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs…
- H.Res. 1376 (118th) Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1371) strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala…
- H.Res. 260 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure…
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.