House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act
Official title: To improve the provision of services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to incarcerated veterans, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Committee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8044.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONAWAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 55, March 24, 2026, Page H2676):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8044, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8044
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 October 23, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Herbert Conaway.
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- H.R. 6845 (119th) S.T.O.P. Illicit Vapes Act
- H.R. 10654 (119th) PFB Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.