House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide grants to outpatient mental health facilities for the provision of culturally competent, evidence-based mental health care for veterans, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2025
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 736.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2283, Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act” on June 18, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62453
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-839 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 5, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/839
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Pages H1218-H1219):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution,which states: ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 335 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2283, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 1041 (119th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- H.R. 988 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois…
- H.R. 740 (119th) Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
- H.R. 3834 (119th) Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
- H.R. 1659 (119th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
- H.R. 1284 (119th) Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4137 (119th) RECOVER ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.