House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2024
- Committee actionMay 1, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2024 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7342.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7342, Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024” on July 24, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60571
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7342, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7342
- 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. 118-676 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 16, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/676
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7342, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7342
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 28, February 13, 2024, Page H582):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish the Veteran Affairs Committee on Equal AccessSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2024 ↗
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- 122 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7342, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7342
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55596ba625ced381e8c45b82c64a6cb89d1da48b754c840e04fdf2210ac4caf9
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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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 10 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 9711 (118th) Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act
- H.R. 8772 (118th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025
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.