House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
El Paso VA Medical Center Activation Readiness Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide to certain congressional committees a briefing on the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in El Paso, Texas, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8372.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 69, April 20, 2026, Page H2996):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8372, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8372
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar.
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- H.R. 2366 (119th) American Families United Act
- H.R. 9404 (119th) VA Home Loan Navigator Act
- H.R. 6258 (119th) Disarm Hate Act
- H.R. 857 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina…
- H.R. 5020 (119th) Supporting Our Shelters Act
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.