Veterans: the first standalone bill to pass the House
What they say
Her campaign says her first standalone bill to pass the House was the COPE Act.
“Her first standalone bill to pass the House – the Caregiver Outreach and Program Enhancement (COPE) Act – would provide increased mental health resources to veterans’ caregivers and improve safety at VA medical facilities, ensuring that America’s veterans are properly cared for and feel safe when they access the benefits they earned.”
What the record shows ·
H.R. 3581, the COPE Act, which she sponsored on May 22, 2023 with no cosponsors at introduction and five who joined later, three Democrats and two Republicans, passed the House on December 4, 2023 on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended, agreed to by voice vote. No bill she sponsored had any House-passage action before that date; the next two came the following September, H.R. 8108 on the 23rd and H.R. 5490 on the 24th. The COPE Act was received in the Senate the following day and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, where it had no further action. It is not law.
Limit: The claim is about House passage and House passage is what the record shows, first among her own bills. The bill is not law. Whether it would do what the sentence says it would is a question about the bill's text, which this card does not assess. The check reads the action history of all 78 bills and resolutions she has sponsored in the 118th and 119th Congresses.