House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Copay Fairness for Veterans Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive health services, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2025 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1644.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H918):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1644, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 19, 2025). 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 — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.