House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a Blast Overpressure Task Force.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6444.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6444, Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act” on May 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62464
- CBO publication date
- May 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6444, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6444
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACKSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Pages H5051-H5052):Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6444, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0042af60b86f628ed29887c747210f9cfbbf35c7d3140f1bf99c854ae27498f6
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
22 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 22 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Bill Foster (D-IL), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Michael Guest (R-MS), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Blake Moore (R-UT), August Pfluger (R-TX), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), John Rose (R-TN), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Derek Tran (D-CA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 8800 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Related bill
- 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 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.