House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an online program through which an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs may schedule an appointment for a covered veteran with a non-Department health care provider under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2026
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3482.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R 3482, Veterans Community Care Scheduling Act” on March 20, 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 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62232
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3482, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3482
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-576 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 30, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/576
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3482, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3482
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 84, May 19, 2025, Page H2147):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3482, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3482
- 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett.
- H.R. 6047 (119th) Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
- H.R. 9570 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C.…
- H.R. 1364 (119th) Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 1039 (119th) Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.