House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Employment Transition Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2861.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 101, June 23, 2015, Page H4593):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2861, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 March 23, 2026). 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
18 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 17 Democrats
1 of 18 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.
- H.R. 1047 (114th) Housing Assistance Efficiency Act
- H.Res. 776 (114th) Expressing support for designation of the month of November as "U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Month", in celebration of the accomplishments…
- H.Res. 297 (114th) Expressing support for designation of the first full week of May as "National Mental Health No Stigma Week".
- H.R. 508 (114th) SUPER Act of 2015
- H.R. 2227 (114th) STRONG Act
- H.R. 1713 (114th) Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2015
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.