House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fred Hamilton Veterans’ Lost Records Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8048.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGARVEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 67, April 17, 2024, Page H2502):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: VeteransSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8048, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8048
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c918c6a8b1ffaeebdfa8a7384fb0da321f718bbf06f97c1fbd75d44cffcbeb3
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 June 11, 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 — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Morgan McGarvey.
- H.R. 7985 (118th) Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024
- H.R. 3981 (118th) Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion Act
- H.R. 5386 (118th) Cutting Copays Act
- H.R. 6634 (118th) Workers POWER Act
- H.R. 2567 (118th) School Meals Expansion Act
- H.Res. 866 (118th) Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 13, 2023, as "National Apprenticeship Week".
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.