House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Health Records Enhancement Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit supplementation of health records of deceased veterans, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4527.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3477):Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4527, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Related bills
- S. 2333 (119th) Health Records Enhancement ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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