House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit Members of Congress to use facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of meeting with constituents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Mast R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2642.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 14, 2026). 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
10 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), David Joyce (R-OH), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast.
- H.R. 3497 (119th) Medal of Sacrifice Act
- H.R. 2334 (119th) Servicemember Residence Protection Act
- H.Res. 1099 (119th) Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism.
- H.Con.Res. 74 (119th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 6875 (119th) AI OVERWATCH Act
- H.R. 8661 (119th) Foreign Military Financing Loan Authorization Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.