House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the availability of care for veterans at facilities of the Department of Defense.
Sponsor: Rep. Derek Schmidt R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHMIDT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 208, December 10, 2025, Page H5562):Clause 14 of Section 8 of Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6595, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
476c292a028030b25acc99b926a0471fc4b8f2678bb1dba047e2ff9d6fb7cf2f
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- Congress.gov noteThe text of H.R.6595 is contained in the text of S.1071, which became Public Law 119-60.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 24, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6595, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
476c292a028030b25acc99b926a0471fc4b8f2678bb1dba047e2ff9d6fb7cf2f
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 24, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Schmidt.
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- H.R. 8065 (119th) Restoring Executive Branch Authorities to Oversee Offices of the United States Attorneys Act of 2026
- H.R. 9298 (119th) Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- H.R. 5364 (119th) STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act
- H.R. 3825 (119th) Kelsey Smith Act
Related bills
- S. 1071 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
- S. 3388 (119th) SERVE 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.