House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to State and local entities to carry out peer-to-peer mental health programs.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 438.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 438, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/438
- 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
32 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 32 cosponsors (72%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adam Gray (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Josh Riley (D-NY), John Rose (R-TN), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota.
- H.R. 787 (119th) Plain Language in Contracting Act
- H.R. 835 (119th) 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act
- H.R. 586 (119th) Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
- H.R. 788 (119th) DOE and SBA Research Act
- H.Res. 991 (119th) Requesting return of official papers on H.R. 1834.
- H.Res. 1394 (119th) Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign nationals over United States citizens.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.