House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ACE Veterans Act
Official title: To amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow a veteran to receive a full-year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other contraceptive products, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5665.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5665, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5665
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35770f70cadbe0b965d0182abcfa2e6d809521f5d48062ee8a4a0fb4b4aa480d
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 9, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
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- H.R. 248 (119th) Baby Changing on Board Act
- H.R. 6238 (119th) NIH IMPROVE Act
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus Act
- H.R. 247 (119th) Health Care Affordability Act of 2025
- H.R. 8397 (119th) Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act
Related bills
- S. 2943 (119th) ACE Veterans ActIdentical bill
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.