House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5231.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTIVOLIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7040):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States:''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5231, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5231
- 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 11 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Howard Coble (R-NC), Chris Collins (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kerry Bentivolio.
- H.R. 3635 (113th) Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act of 2014
- H.R. 3384 (113th) Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act
- H.R. 746 (113th) Protect Small Business Jobs Act of 2013
- H.Res. 327 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding China's membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
- H.R. 939 (113th) Support Democracy in Egypt Act
- H.J.Res. 27 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the Federal Government from using the power of taxation to…
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.