House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans’ Mental Health Access Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish inpatient treatment under the Veterans Community Care Program for a mental health condition, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10648.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BOEBERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6019):Clause 14 of Section 8 of Article I of the Consitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10648, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 14, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert.
- H.R. 845 (119th) Pet and Livestock Protection Act
- H.R. 3095 (119th) To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 131 (119th) Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
- H.R. 7487 (119th) Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act
- H.R. 3231 (119th) American Energy Act
- H.R. 7817 (119th) No Federal Tax Dollars for Illegal Aliens Health Insurance Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.