House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2024
- Committee actionMay 1, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7347.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7347, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs” on May 16, 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, May 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60292
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7347, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7347
- 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. 118-647 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 6, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/647
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7347, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7347
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63cb5f228ca1d9eee86f1e5cb13cf56eca3e5da7b80bb95d64fbbca9ab851f61
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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. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 29, February 14, 2024, Page H638):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To Amend Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans AffairsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2024 ↗
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- Statement length
- 285 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7347, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7347
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63cb5f228ca1d9eee86f1e5cb13cf56eca3e5da7b80bb95d64fbbca9ab851f61
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
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- H.R. 3933 (118th) TAP Promotion Act
- H.Con.Res. 128 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of September 29, 2024, as "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Day".
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.