House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-38
Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015
Became law on Jul 28, 2015.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee actionJun 10, 2015
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2015 · 410–1
- Passed SenateJul 23, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 27, 2015
- To the PresidentJul 27, 2015
- Became lawJul 28, 2015
Latest action: Jul 28, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-38.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2499.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015” on June 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 10, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50351
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2499, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-187 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 25, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/187
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2499, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c90de3647ca41a9c3f881175b4b862f91a941cd04b1841860844a294e1981fb7
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3562):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2499, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c90de3647ca41a9c3f881175b4b862f91a941cd04b1841860844a294e1981fb7
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Tom Rice (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
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- H.R. 6477 (114th) Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
- H.R. 527 (114th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 88 (114th) Reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as cornerstones of United States-Taiwan relations.
- H.R. 1023 (114th) Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015
- H.R. 4498 (114th) HALOS 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.