House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2009
- Committee actionJun 10, 2009
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2009 · 422–0
- Passed SenateOct 7, 2009 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2009 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1037.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act of 2009” on June 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 10, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20792
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1037, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
813758b090a0bc27efbc6aebd3c7bcb6275d51b4f9a96f7f64fe7a7d7e1ee6ea
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act of 2009” on June 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 10, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20792
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1037, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
813758b090a0bc27efbc6aebd3c7bcb6275d51b4f9a96f7f64fe7a7d7e1ee6ea
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 19, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1037, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
813758b090a0bc27efbc6aebd3c7bcb6275d51b4f9a96f7f64fe7a7d7e1ee6ea
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
- H.R. 5651 (111th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 515 9th Street in Rapid City, South Dakota, as the "Andrew W.…
- H.R. 1211 (111th) Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act
- H.R. 5360 (111th) HELP Veterans Act of 2010
- H.R. 2489 (111th) National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act
- H.R. 1088 (111th) Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009
- H.R. 1089 (111th) Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.