House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SCHEDULES Act of 2026
Official title: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a comprehensive standard for timing between referrals and appointments for care from the Department of Veterans Affairs and to submit a report with respect to that standard, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Franklin R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8199.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 62, April 6, 2026, Page H2825):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8199, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8199
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Neal Dunn (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James Moylan (R-GU), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Franklin.
- H.R. 933 (119th) Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025
- H.R. 9094 (119th) Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026
- H.R. 7464 (119th) TEMP Act
- H.R. 1192 (119th) To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation…
- H.R. 10737 (119th) To amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to promote transparency in science, and for…
- H.R. 1248 (119th) Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act
Related bills
- S. 4229 (119th) SCHEDULES Act of 2026Identical bill
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.