House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veteran Artists Healing Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a procurement program to facilitate the ability of the medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to make direct procurements of original artwork from veterans who are patients, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Cory Mills R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7838.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7838, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41cb232e141f42658e05aa6f05c101f33179ea976e2dcae75c82893283b058d6
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 April 1, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cory Mills.
- H.R. 5244 (119th) To provide for the authorities of the Secretary of State.
- H.Res. 695 (119th) Honoring Charlie Kirk following his assassination on September 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah.
- H.R. 1081 (119th) Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China Act
- H.R. 2006 (119th) DOGE Act
- H.R. 1489 (119th) Reinforcing Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists Act
- H.R. 3848 (119th) CLOUD Aircraft Act
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.