House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Virtual-Based Opioid Treatment for Veterans Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to expand access to virtual-based opioid treatment for covered veterans, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 10, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10037.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10037, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 24, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ross.
- H.R. 9333 (119th) AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
- H.R. 5528 (119th) America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4525 (119th) Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act
- H.R. 4959 (119th) Land of the Free Act of 2025
- H.R. 7375 (119th) End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- H.R. 7711 (119th) No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.