House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2576.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 58, April 1, 2025, Page H1405):Section I of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2576, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2576
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 3077 (119th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1027 (119th) Supporting the designation of the "International Year of the Woman Farmer" to recognize and honor the critical role of women in agriculture.
- H.R. 1808 (119th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2025
- H.R. 4047 (119th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2025
- H.R. 4987 (119th) Food Date Labeling Act of 2025
- H.R. 3048 (119th) Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act of 2025
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.