House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
Official title: To expand medical, employment, and other benefits for individuals serving as family caregivers for certain veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Morelle D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2148.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2148, Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment and Retirement Act” on March 25, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62269
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2148, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 49, March 14, 2025, Page H1163):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2148, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f83c398ed9e7195a6340e081c134167e8eaea1db9e9e47bf84220c5c5927d587
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 committee report (as of March 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2148, last updated March 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Chris Pappas (D-NH).
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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.