House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans STAND Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Bergman R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6835.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6116):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6835, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6835
- 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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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
21 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), John James (R-MI), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 1823 (119th) VA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act
- H.R. 3132 (119th) CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 6993 (119th) BEACON Act of 2026
- H.R. 7683 (119th) VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act
- H.R. 45 (119th) FIND Act
- H.Res. 254 (119th) Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 3988 (119th) Veterans STAND 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.