House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
VA Health Care Capacity Assessment Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report biennially on staffing of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9446.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4246):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9446, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9446
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 5723 (119th) Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act
- H.R. 15 (119th) Equality Act
- H.R. 7853 (119th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- H.R. 3261 (119th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8868 (119th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
- H.R. 1957 (119th) End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025
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.