substantiveSep 20, 2021 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 5293 — Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2021
In plain language
- House bill in the 117th Congress.
- Extends various Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs.
- House passed it on Sep 20, 2021 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2021 This bill extends various Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. First, the bill permanently extends the VA's authority to administer a dental insurance plan for veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system and certain survivors and dependents of veterans. Next, the bill extends through FY2022 the expansion of the program that authorizes payments and allowances for beneficiary travel in connection with veterans who are receiving care from Vet Centers. Finally, the bill extends authority through December 16, 2026, for the pilot program under which the VA may accept donations of real property or facilities from specified entities (e.g., a state or local authority).
Roll-call breakdown
Yea423
Democrat: 219 · Republican: 204
Nay0
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Present0
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Not Voting8
Republican: 8
How each member voted (431)
Yea (423)
- A. Donald McEachin (Democrat–VA)
- A. Drew Ferguson IV (Republican–GA)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democrat–VA)
- Adam B. Schiff (Democrat–CA)
- Adam Kinzinger (Republican–IL)
- Adam Smith (Democrat–WA)
- Adrian Smith (Republican–NE)
- Adriano Espaillat (Democrat–NY)
- Al Green (Democrat–TX)
- Al Lawson, Jr. (Democrat–FL)
- Alan S. Lowenthal (Democrat–CA)
- Albio Sires (Democrat–NJ)
- Alexander X. Mooney (Republican–WV)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat–NY)
- Alma S. Adams (Democrat–NC)
- Ami Bera (Democrat–CA)
- André Carson (Democrat–IN)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican–NY)
- Andrew S. Clyde (Republican–GA)
- Andy Barr (Republican–KY)
- Andy Biggs (Republican–AZ)
- Andy Harris (Republican–MD)
- Andy Kim (Democrat–NJ)
- Andy Levin (Democrat–MI)
- Angie Craig (Democrat–MN)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (Democrat–AZ)
- Ann M. Kuster (Democrat–NH)
- Ann Wagner (Republican–MO)
- Anna G. Eshoo (Democrat–CA)
- Anthony G. Brown (Democrat–MD)
- Antonio Delgado (Democrat–NY)
- Ashley Hinson (Republican–IA)
- August Pfluger (Republican–TX)
- Austin Scott (Republican–GA)
- Ayanna Pressley (Democrat–MA)
- Barbara Lee (Democrat–CA)
- Barry Moore (Republican–AL)
- Ben Cline (Republican–VA)
- Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat–MS)
- Beth Van Duyne (Republican–TX)
- Betty McCollum (Democrat–MN)
- Bill Foster (Democrat–IL)
- Bill Huizenga (Republican–MI)
- Bill Johnson (Republican–OH)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Bill Posey (Republican–FL)
- Billy Long (Republican–MO)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican–MO)
- Blake D. Moore (Republican–UT)
- Bob Gibbs (Republican–OH)
- Bob Good (Republican–VA)
- Bobby L. Rush (Democrat–IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat–NJ)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican–OH)
- Brad Sherman (Democrat–CA)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Democrat–IL)
- Brenda L. Lawrence (Democrat–MI)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat–PA)
- Brett Guthrie (Republican–KY)
- Brian Babin (Republican–TX)
- Brian Higgins (Democrat–NY)
- Brian J. Mast (Republican–FL)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican–PA)
- Bruce Westerman (Republican–AR)
- Bryan Steil (Republican–WI)
- Burgess Owens (Republican–UT)
- Byron Donalds (Republican–FL)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat–MD)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican–FL)
- Carol D. Miller (Republican–WV)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Carolyn Bourdeaux (Democrat–GA)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican–WA)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican–TN)
- Charlie Crist (Democrat–FL)
- Chellie Pingree (Democrat–ME)
- Cheri Bustos (Democrat–IL)
- Chris Jacobs (Republican–NY)
- Chris Pappas (Democrat–NH)
- Chris Stewart (Republican–UT)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat–PA)
- Christopher H. Smith (Republican–NJ)
- Claudia Tenney (Republican–NY)
- Clay Higgins (Republican–LA)
- Cliff Bentz (Republican–OR)
- Colin Z. Allred (Democrat–TX)
- Conor Lamb (Democrat–PA)
- Cori Bush (Democrat–MO)
- Cynthia Axne (Democrat–IA)
- Dan Bishop (Republican–NC)
- Dan Crenshaw (Republican–TX)
- Dan Newhouse (Republican–WA)
- Daniel Meuser (Republican–PA)
- Daniel T. Kildee (Democrat–MI)
- Daniel Webster (Republican–FL)
- Danny K. Davis (Democrat–IL)
- Darin LaHood (Republican–IL)
- Darrell Issa (Republican–CA)
- Darren Soto (Democrat–FL)
- David B. McKinley (Republican–WV)
- David E. Price (Democrat–NC)
- David G. Valadao (Republican–CA)
- David J. Trone (Democrat–MD)
- David Kustoff (Republican–TN)
- David N. Cicilline (Democrat–RI)
- David Rouzer (Republican–NC)
- David Schweikert (Republican–AZ)
- David Scott (Democrat–GA)
- Dean Phillips (Democrat–MN)
- Debbie Dingell (Democrat–MI)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat–FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (Democrat–NC)
- Derek Kilmer (Democrat–WA)
- Devin Nunes (Republican–CA)
- Diana DeGette (Democrat–CO)
- Diana Harshbarger (Republican–TN)
- Dina Titus (Democrat–NV)
- Don Bacon (Republican–NE)
- Don Young (Republican–AK)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald Norcross (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat–VA)
- Doris O. Matsui (Democrat–CA)
- Doug LaMalfa (Republican–CA)
- Doug Lamborn (Republican–CO)
- Dusty Johnson (Republican–SD)
- Dwight Evans (Democrat–PA)
- Earl Blumenauer (Democrat–OR)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican–GA)
- Ed Case (Democrat–HI)
- Ed Perlmutter (Democrat–CO)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat–TX)
- Elaine G. Luria (Democrat–VA)
- Elise M. Stefanik (Republican–NY)
- Elissa Slotkin (Democrat–MI)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat–MO)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican–AR)
- Eric Swalwell (Democrat–CA)
- Filemon Vela (Democrat–TX)
- Frank D. Lucas (Republican–OK)
- Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat–IN)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Fred Keller (Republican–PA)
- Fred Upton (Republican–MI)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat–FL)
- G. K. Butterfield (Democrat–NC)
- Garret Graves (Republican–LA)
- Gary J. Palmer (Republican–AL)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat–VA)
- Glenn Grothman (Republican–WI)
- Glenn Thompson (Republican–PA)
- Grace F. Napolitano (Democrat–CA)
- Grace Meng (Democrat–NY)
- Greg Pence (Republican–IN)
- Greg Stanton (Democrat–AZ)
- Gregory F. Murphy (Republican–NC)
- Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat–NY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican–FL)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Republican–PA)
- Gwen Moore (Democrat–WI)
- H. Morgan Griffith (Republican–VA)
- Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat–NY)
- Haley M. Stevens (Democrat–MI)
- Harold Rogers (Republican–KY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Henry Cuellar (Democrat–TX)
- Ilhan Omar (Democrat–MN)
- J. French Hill (Republican–AR)
- J. Luis Correa (Democrat–CA)
- Jack Bergman (Republican–MI)
- Jackie Speier (Democrat–CA)
- Jackie Walorski (Republican–IN)
- Jahana Hayes (Democrat–CT)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican–WA)
- Jake Auchincloss (Democrat–MA)
- Jake Ellzey (Republican–TX)
- Jake LaTurner (Republican–KS)
- Jamaal Bowman (Democrat–NY)
- James A. Himes (Democrat–CT)
- James Comer (Republican–KY)
- James E. Clyburn (Democrat–SC)
- James P. McGovern (Democrat–MA)
- James R. Baird (Republican–IN)
- James R. Langevin (Democrat–RI)
- Jamie Raskin (Democrat–MD)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat–IL)
- Jared F. Golden (Democrat–ME)
- Jared Huffman (Democrat–CA)
- Jason Crow (Democrat–CO)
- Jason Smith (Republican–MO)
- Jay Obernolte (Republican–CA)
- Jeff Duncan (Republican–SC)
- Jeff Fortenberry (Republican–NE)
- Jefferson Van Drew (Republican–NJ)
- Jennifer Wexton (Democrat–VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (Democrat–NY)
- Jerry L. Carl (Republican–AL)
- Jerry McNerney (Democrat–CA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat–IL)
- Jim Banks (Republican–IN)
- Jim Cooper (Democrat–TN)
- Jim Costa (Democrat–CA)
- Jim Hagedorn (Republican–MN)
- Jim Jordan (Republican–OH)
- Jimmy Gomez (Democrat–CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (Democrat–CA)
- Joaquin Castro (Democrat–TX)
- Jodey C. Arrington (Republican–TX)
- Jody B. Hice (Republican–GA)
- Joe Courtney (Democrat–CT)
- Joe Neguse (Democrat–CO)
- Joe Wilson (Republican–SC)
- John A. Yarmuth (Democrat–KY)
- John B. Larson (Democrat–CT)
- John Garamendi (Democrat–CA)
- John H. Rutherford (Republican–FL)
- John Joyce (Republican–PA)
- John Katko (Republican–NY)
- John P. Sarbanes (Democrat–MD)
- John R. Carter (Republican–TX)
- John R. Curtis (Republican–UT)
- John R. Moolenaar (Republican–MI)
- John W. Rose (Republican–TN)
- Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat–NY)
- Josh Gottheimer (Democrat–NJ)
- Josh Harder (Democrat–CA)
- Joyce Beatty (Democrat–OH)
- Juan Vargas (Democrat–CA)
- Judy Chu (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Brownley (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Letlow (Republican–LA)
- Kaiali’i Kahele (Democrat–HI)
- Karen Bass (Democrat–CA)
- Kat Cammack (Republican–FL)
- Katherine M. Clark (Democrat–MA)
- Kathleen M. Rice (Democrat–NY)
- Kathy Castor (Democrat–FL)
- Kathy E. Manning (Democrat–NC)
- Katie Porter (Democrat–CA)
- Kay Granger (Republican–TX)
- Kelly Armstrong (Republican–ND)
- Ken Buck (Republican–CO)
- Ken Calvert (Republican–CA)
- Kevin Brady (Republican–TX)
- Kevin Hern (Republican–OK)
- Kevin McCarthy (Republican–CA)
- Kim Schrier (Democrat–WA)
- Kurt Schrader (Democrat–OR)
- Kweisi Mfume (Democrat–MD)
- Lance Gooden (Republican–TX)
- Larry Bucshon (Republican–IN)
- Lauren Boebert (Republican–CO)
- Lauren Underwood (Democrat–IL)
- Lee M. Zeldin (Republican–NY)
- Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat–CA)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat–DE)
- Lisa C. McClain (Republican–MI)
- Liz Cheney (Republican–WY)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Smucker (Republican–PA)
- Lois Frankel (Democrat–FL)
- Lori Trahan (Democrat–MA)
- Louie Gohmert (Republican–TX)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democrat–CA)
- Lucy McBath (Democrat–GA)
- Madeleine Dean (Democrat–PA)
- Madison Cawthorn (Republican–NC)
- Marc A. Veasey (Democrat–TX)
- Marcy Kaptur (Democrat–OH)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican–FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican–IA)
- Marie Newman (Democrat–IL)
- Marilyn Strickland (Democrat–WA)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican–FL)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican–GA)
- Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat–CA)
- Mark E. Amodei (Republican–NV)
- Mark E. Green (Republican–TN)
- Mark Pocan (Democrat–WI)
- Mark Takano (Democrat–CA)
- Mary E. Miller (Republican–IL)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat–PA)
- Matt Cartwright (Democrat–PA)
- Matt Gaetz (Republican–FL)
- Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (Republican–MT)
- Maxine Waters (Democrat–CA)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat–NM)
- Michael C. Burgess (Republican–TX)
- Michael Cloud (Republican–TX)
- Michael F. Doyle (Democrat–PA)
- Michael Guest (Republican–MS)
- Michael K. Simpson (Republican–ID)
- Michael R. Turner (Republican–OH)
- Michael T. McCaul (Republican–TX)
- Michael Waltz (Republican–FL)
- Michelle Fischbach (Republican–MN)
- Michelle Steel (Republican–CA)
- Mike Bost (Republican–IL)
- Mike Gallagher (Republican–WI)
- Mike Garcia (Republican–CA)
- Mike Johnson (Republican–LA)
- Mike Kelly (Republican–PA)
- Mike Levin (Democrat–CA)
- Mike Quigley (Democrat–IL)
- Mike Rogers (Republican–AL)
- Mike Thompson (Democrat–CA)
- Mikie Sherrill (Democrat–NJ)
- Mo Brooks (Republican–AL)
- Mondaire Jones (Democrat–NY)
- Nancy Mace (Republican–SC)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat–CA)
- Neal P. Dunn (Republican–FL)
- Nicole Malliotakis (Republican–NY)
- Nikema Williams (Democrat–GA)
- Norma J. Torres (Democrat–CA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat–NY)
- Pat Fallon (Republican–TX)
- Patrick T. McHenry (Republican–NC)
- Paul A. Gosar (Republican–AZ)
- Paul Tonko (Democrat–NY)
- Pete Aguilar (Democrat–CA)
- Pete Sessions (Republican–TX)
- Pete Stauber (Republican–MN)
- Peter A. DeFazio (Democrat–OR)
- Peter Meijer (Republican–MI)
- Peter Welch (Democrat–VT)
- Pramila Jayapal (Democrat–WA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat–IL)
- Ralph Norman (Republican–SC)
- Randy Feenstra (Republican–IA)
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (Republican–TX)
- Rashida Tlaib (Democrat–MI)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat–AZ)
- Raul Ruiz (Democrat–CA)
- Richard E. Neal (Democrat–MA)
- Richard Hudson (Republican–NC)
- Rick Larsen (Democrat–WA)
- Ritchie Torres (Democrat–NY)
- Ro Khanna (Democrat–CA)
- Robert B. Aderholt (Republican–AL)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat–VA)
- Robert E. Latta (Republican–OH)
- Robert J. Wittman (Republican–VA)
- Robin L. Kelly (Democrat–IL)
- Rodney Davis (Republican–IL)
- Roger Williams (Republican–TX)
- Ron Estes (Republican–KS)
- Ron Kind (Democrat–WI)
- Ronny Jackson (Republican–TX)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat–CT)
- Ruben Gallego (Democrat–AZ)
- Russ Fulcher (Republican–ID)
- Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat–CA)
- Sam Graves (Republican–MO)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Sara Jacobs (Democrat–CA)
- Scott DesJarlais (Republican–TN)
- Scott Fitzgerald (Republican–WI)
- Scott Franklin (Republican–FL)
- Scott H. Peters (Democrat–CA)
- Scott Perry (Republican–PA)
- Sean Casten (Democrat–IL)
- Sean Patrick Maloney (Democrat–NY)
- Seth Moulton (Democrat–MA)
- Sharice Davids (Democrat–KS)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat–TX)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat–MD)
- Stephanie I. Bice (Republican–OK)
- Stephanie N. Murphy (Democrat–FL)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat–MA)
- Steve Chabot (Republican–OH)
- Steve Cohen (Democrat–TN)
- Steve Scalise (Republican–LA)
- Steve Womack (Republican–AR)
- Steven Horsford (Democrat–NV)
- Susan Wild (Democrat–PA)
- Susie Lee (Democrat–NV)
- Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat–WA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat–OR)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat–TX)
- Ted Budd (Republican–NC)
- Ted Lieu (Democrat–CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat–NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (Democrat–AL)
- Theodore E. Deutch (Democrat–FL)
- Thomas Massie (Republican–KY)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican–WI)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat–NY)
- Tim Burchett (Republican–TN)
- Tim Ryan (Democrat–OH)
- Tim Walberg (Republican–MI)
- Tom Cole (Republican–OK)
- Tom Emmer (Republican–MN)
- Tom Malinowski (Democrat–NJ)
- Tom McClintock (Republican–CA)
- Tom O’Halleran (Democrat–AZ)
- Tom Reed (Republican–NY)
- Tom Rice (Republican–SC)
- Tony Cárdenas (Democrat–CA)
- Tony Gonzales (Republican–TX)
- Tracey Mann (Republican–KS)
- Trent Kelly (Republican–MS)
- Trey Hollingsworth (Republican–IN)
- Troy A. Carter (Democrat–LA)
- Troy Balderson (Republican–OH)
- Troy E. Nehls (Republican–TX)
- Val Butler Demings (Democrat–FL)
- Van Taylor (Republican–TX)
- Vern Buchanan (Republican–FL)
- Veronica Escobar (Democrat–TX)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat–TX)
- Vicky Hartzler (Republican–MO)
- Victoria Spartz (Republican–IN)
- Virginia Foxx (Republican–NC)
- W. Gregory Steube (Republican–FL)
- Warren Davidson (Republican–OH)
- William R. Keating (Democrat–MA)
- William R. Timmons IV (Republican–SC)
- Young Kim (Republican–CA)
- Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat–NY)
- Yvette Herrell (Republican–NM)
- Zoe Lofgren (Democrat–CA)
Not Voting (8)
- Anthony Gonzalez (Republican–OH)
- Barry Loudermilk (Republican–GA)
- Chip Roy (Republican–TX)
- David P. Joyce (Republican–OH)
- Debbie Lesko (Republican–AZ)
- Markwayne Mullin (Republican–OK)
- Rick W. Allen (Republican–GA)
- Steven M. Palazzo (Republican–MS)
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