House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
State Veterans Homes Inspection Simplification Act
Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline the certification process for State Veterans Homes by allowing certain facilities certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be deemed in compliance with specified Medicare and Medicaid requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Bergman R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7747.
- 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. 39, March 2, 2026, Page H2336):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution S.R. 7748. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7747, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7747
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b19cf97759a8f7e70a8233db7637775bd2ba4a061c4ff3e95b5eda34e0cd6734
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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7747, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
20 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 20 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Russell Fry (R-SC), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Dale Strong (R-AL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Taylor (R-OH).
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
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.