House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act
Official title: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct reviews of certain budget requests of the President for the medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5996.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 190, November 10, 2025, Page H4591):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5996, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 19, 2025). 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
- H.R. 659 (119th) Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025
- H.R. 658 (119th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist…
- H.J.Res. 144 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 4876 (119th) Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
- H.R. 210 (119th) Dental Care for Veterans Act
- H.R. 211 (119th) Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
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.