House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2015
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Apr 16, 2015 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 456.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H482):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 456, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
120 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 77 Democrats, 1 independent
42 of 120 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Robert Dold (R-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 90 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
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- H.R. 3793 (114th) Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015
- H.R. 5254 (114th) Senior Accessible Housing Act
- H.R. 231 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.
- H.R. 3679 (114th) To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for…
- H.R. 230 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.