House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
VA Employee Fairness Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 22, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9855.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 150, September 25, 2024, Page H5832):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would ensure VA's Title 38 healthcare professionals have the same workplace rights currently granted to other VA clinicians and federal employees.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 226 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9855, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 21, 2024
- 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 December 21, 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
136 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 134 Democrats
2 of 136 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC) and 106 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 366 (118th) Korean American VALOR Act
- H.R. 6538 (118th) VA Correct Compensation Act of 2023
- H.R. 7643 (118th) Veterans Congressional Work Study Act of 2024
- H.R. 7150 (118th) Survivor Benefits Delivery Improvement Act of 2024
- H.R. 15 (118th) Equality Act
- H.R. 4569 (118th) Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2023
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.