House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to include a representative of the National Association of State Veterans Homes on the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer Kiggans R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 785.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 785, Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2025” on February 24, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62127
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 785, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36304b6f44bb96392bbde951a8d5a0cf9fd155d5ae5d968fa28f08200d67c148
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 785, Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026” on February 24, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62127
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 785, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36304b6f44bb96392bbde951a8d5a0cf9fd155d5ae5d968fa28f08200d67c148
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-578 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on April 2, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/578
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 785, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36304b6f44bb96392bbde951a8d5a0cf9fd155d5ae5d968fa28f08200d67c148
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H407):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 785, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36304b6f44bb96392bbde951a8d5a0cf9fd155d5ae5d968fa28f08200d67c148
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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
18 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 18 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Grace Meng (D-NY), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Taylor (R-OH), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
- H.R. 7365 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel…
- H.R. 7618 (119th) American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
- H.R. 3494 (119th) VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
- H.R. 5063 (119th) Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
- H.Res. 940 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 8052 (119th) Veteran Infection Prevention Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.