House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a review of the deaths of certain veterans who died by suicide, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Andrew Garbarino R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6858.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6117):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6858, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6858
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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 September 25, 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
17 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 17 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Clay Fuller (R-GA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Michael Guest (R-MS), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andrew Garbarino.
- H.R. 2096 (119th) Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
- H.R. 9391 (119th) Reimbursable Screening Services Program Extension Act of 2026
- H.R. 5061 (119th) Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 5577 (119th) NFIP Extension Act of 2026
- H.R. 4130 (119th) Small Business Relief Act
- H.R. 5079 (119th) Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.