House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Never Fight Alone Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand access to the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain veterans seeking mental health or substance-use services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Patronis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8737.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PATRONIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3393):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8737, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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 September 25, 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
15 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 15 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Donald Davis (D-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Clay Fuller (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), John James (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Cory Mills (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Patronis.
- H.Res. 727 (119th) Expressing support of the House of Representatives that October 14, 2025, be designated as a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk".
- H.R. 9009 (119th) Firearm Freedom Act of 2026
- H.R. 10789 (119th) Protecting Florida's Offshore Military Readiness Act
- H.R. 10693 (119th) GI Bill Transferability Act
- H.R. 4873 (119th) To codify Executive Order 14319 (relating to preventing woke AI in the Federal Government).
- H.R. 5035 (119th) Veteran and Spouse Licensing Flexibility Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.