House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify and expand the authority of the Assistant Secretary for Management of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 739.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7683.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7683, VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act” on July 2, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62506
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7683, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-842 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 9, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/842
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7683, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 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. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Page H2329):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7683, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0625af7fba1d119a285940af5defdec74fdd18bd0bcabba9bea6316b4b4e5ca0
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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
No cosponsors.
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. 45 (119th) FIND Act
- H.Res. 254 (119th) Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
- H.R. 7391 (119th) Community Health Center Drug Pricing Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.