House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 30, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4793.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5065):Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4793, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4793
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 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
94 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 72 Democrats, 1 independent
21 of 94 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Pete Gallego (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Garcia (D-FL) and 64 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
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- H.R. 4646 (113th) Regulatory Improvement Act of 2014
- H.R. 4818 (113th) Military Spouse Career Advancement Act
- H.R. 1999 (113th) SAVE Act
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- H.R. 1418 (113th) Partnering with American Manufacturers for Efficiency and Competitiveness Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.