House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
Official title: To improve the provision of care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 740.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 740, Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers Act of 2025” on October 21, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61785
- CBO publication date
- October 21, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/740
- 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. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 740, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46d8d061f30cdf0afdaf728550f8a678e168c413157555e5591ac16b6bb211d8
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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
88 cosponsors — 88 Republicans
0 of 88 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Mike Collins (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 1041 (119th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- H.R. 988 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois…
- H.R. 2283 (119th) Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
- H.R. 3834 (119th) Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
- H.R. 1659 (119th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
- H.R. 1284 (119th) Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 275 (119th) Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025Related 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.