House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Extension of Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Emilia Sykes D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9742.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 147, September 20, 2024, Page H5563):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill extends existing Veterans Affair's authorities.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9742, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 November 14, 2025). 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Marie Perez (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emilia Sykes.
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- H.R. 5667 (118th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 5668 (118th) Feed Our Families Act of 2023
- H.R. 6770 (118th) INFANTS Act of 2023
- H.R. 6207 (118th) Support for Quantum Supply Chains Act
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.