House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1067):Section 1, Article 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1970, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 6, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
53 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 53 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), John Joyce (R-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV) and 23 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.