Veterans with ALS Reporting Act
Latest action · Apr 16, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 10, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 10, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Mar 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 10, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 17, 2025Hearings Jan 13, 2026Markup Apr 16, 2026Reported Apr 16, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 16, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Jan 13, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Nov 17, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 10, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 190, November 10, 2025, page H4591.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-42 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING168 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 13, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report on risk reduction strategies to lower the incidence and prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in veterans.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans with ALS Reporting Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
