House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expanding Veterans’ Access to Emerging Treatments Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an investigational research and extended access treatment program utilizing innovative treatments and emerging therapies to address conditions with unmet medical needs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Bergman R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7091.
- 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. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H920):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7091, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7091
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX).
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.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.