Senate bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-18
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 6, 2023.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2023
- Passed SenateJul 13, 2023 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2023 · 422–0
- To the PresidentOct 4, 2023
- Became lawOct 6, 2023
Latest action: Oct 6, 2023 — Became Public Law No: 118-18.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 112.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 112, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes” on May 2, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 16, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58974
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 112, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/112
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 112, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Todd Young (R-IN).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.