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House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2015

H.R. 456Introduced Jan 21, 2015Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Murphy D-FL
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Where it went

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.

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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 456, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-18 district

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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.