S 112 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes.

Congress 118

Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 118-18.

Action timeline

2023-01-26 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2023-01-26 · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
2023-02-16 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2023-06-14 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 101.
2023-06-14 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester without amendment. Without written report.
2023-06-14 · 14000 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester without amendment. Without written report.
2023-07-13 — Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2963; text: CR S2963-2964)
2023-07-13 · 17000 — Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2963; text: CR S2963-2964)
2023-07-18 · H15000 — Held at the desk.
2023-07-18 · H14000 — Received in the House.
2023-07-18 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2023-09-18 · H37210 — At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
2023-09-18 · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 112.
2023-09-18 · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4361-4362)
2023-09-18 · H30300 — Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2023-09-19 · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2023-09-19 · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 0 (Roll no. 399). (text: 9/18/2023 CR H4361-4362)
2023-09-19 · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 0 (Roll no. 399). (text: 9/18/2023 CR H4361-4362)
2023-09-19 · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4404-4405)
2023-10-04 · E20000 — Presented to President.
2023-10-04 · 28000 — Presented to President.
2023-10-06 · E40000 — Became Public Law No: 118-18.
2023-10-06 · 36000 — Became Public Law No: 118-18.
2023-10-06 · E30000 — Signed by President.
2023-10-06 · 36000 — Signed by President.

Text versions

Introduced in Senate · 2023-01-26 — open
Reported to Senate · 2023-06-14 — open
Engrossed in Senate · 2023-07-13 — open
Public Law · 2023-10-07 — United States Legislative Markup
Enrolled Bill — open

Connected on the graph

Inbound (3)

date	from	type	amount	role	source
—	Booker, Cory A.	cosponsor_of_bill	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
—	Hassan, Margaret Wood	cosponsor_of_bill	—	cosponsor	sponsorship
2023-01-26	Braun, Mike	sponsor_of_bill	—	sponsor	sponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Speeches	Voted	Score
1	Braun, Mike (R, senate IN)	sponsor	0	—	5
2	Booker, Cory A. (D, senate NJ)	cosponsor	3	—	4
3	Hassan, Margaret Wood (D, senate NH)	cosponsor	1	—	2

Who's influencing them

Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.

#	Org	LDA spend	Donor employees	Employee donations	Total
1	not employed	$0	1,657	$121,100	$121,100
2	self-employed	$0	182	$17,515	$17,515
3	179 bar and grill	$0	1	$3,000	$3,000
4	apollo	$0	1	$2,000	$2,000
5	accomplished chimney, inc	$0	1	$2,000	$2,000
6	greenberg & rapp financial group inc.	$0	1	$1,500	$1,500
7	jacoby and meyers	$0	1	$1,125	$1,125
8	kti travel	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
9	k&l gates llp	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
10	the ob-c group, llc	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
11	mezza luna bistro	$0	2	$1,000	$1,000
12	mass mutual	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
13	conn kavanaugh	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
14	the life initiative	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
15	horan wealth llc	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
16	onedigital	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
17	hmfh architects	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
18	zld realty llc	$0	1	$1,000	$1,000
19	george smith partners	$0	1	$750	$750
20	giant granite & marble	$0	1	$500	$500
21	u.s. army	$0	1	$500	$500
22	sabre foods international	$0	1	$500	$500
23	equinix	$0	1	$500	$500
24	first financial resources, inc.	$0	1	$500	$500
25	dartmouth	$0	1	$500	$500

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no

2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)

Booker, Cory A. (D · senate · NJ) · cosponsor
Hassan, Margaret Wood (D · senate · NH) · cosponsor

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hassan, Margaret Wood (cosponsor) · sponsorship
2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Booker, Cory A. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
2023-01-26 · sponsored by Braun, Mike (sponsor) · sponsorship

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