House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2016
- Committee actionMay 18, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 563.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5178.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5178, Veterans Success on Campus Act of 2016” on August 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 18, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51912
- CBO publication date
- August 19, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5178, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. 114-727 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 7, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/727
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5178, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6393cd11f3650f841c668a2684804e5e47fac31d212fdbcc8e01da5aadc76439
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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. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 73, May 10, 2016, Page H2214):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5178, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6393cd11f3650f841c668a2684804e5e47fac31d212fdbcc8e01da5aadc76439
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Wenstrup.
- H.R. 3016 (114th) Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act
- H.R. 474 (114th) Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2015
- H.R. 475 (114th) GI Bill Processing Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 4632 (114th) CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2016
- H.R. 4486 (114th) Do Your Job Act
- H.R. 5526 (114th) To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of…
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.