House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Veteran Access to Care Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6038.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MACKENZIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 191, November 12, 2025, Page H4667):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6038, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.
- H.R. 2212 (119th) DHS Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program and Law Enforcement Support Act
- H.R. 8897 (119th) Improving Travel for American Families Act
- H.R. 9723 (119th) Fit Future Act
- H.R. 8823 (119th) Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
- H.Res. 1128 (119th) Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security.
- H.R. 1800 (119th) Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
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 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.