Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Skills to Jobs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2012
- Committee actionJun 29, 2012
- Passed SenateJun 29, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2012 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2239.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2239, Veterans Skills to Jobs Act” on July 5, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 5, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43397
- CBO publication date
- July 5, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2239, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/2239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4155, which became Public Law 112-147 on 7/23/2012.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2239, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/2239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2abda2e93a8da7f808c6be6939fe9977c6d781182de8b5f3e1c0aca6c29621dc
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
17 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 17 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Mark Begich (D-AK), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 525 (112th) A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas.
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.