House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Equal Access Act
Official title: To authorize Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1384.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 31, February 14, 2025, Page H715):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1384, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1384
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
495af7f60907b72425b0fc6638a54bd7d884b4c49258b08b2a385d706c73c616
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 16, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), David Joyce (R-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast.
- H.R. 3497 (119th) Medal of Sacrifice Act
- H.R. 2334 (119th) Servicemember Residence Protection Act
- H.Res. 1099 (119th) Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism.
- H.Con.Res. 74 (119th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 6875 (119th) AI OVERWATCH Act
- H.R. 8661 (119th) Foreign Military Financing Loan Authorization 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.