Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
VET Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2015
- Committee actionJul 29, 2015
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2016 — By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-411.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1870.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1870, Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Act of 2015” on September 16, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on July 29, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50827
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1870, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4246f5f71edf290bf3e5026b700e3692c69cf9c82117553f47ec0e9483fa5ac0
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-411 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on June 29, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/411
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1870, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4246f5f71edf290bf3e5026b700e3692c69cf9c82117553f47ec0e9483fa5ac0
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1870, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Shelley Capito (R-WV), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Jon Tester (D-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jerry Moran.
- S. 3183 (114th) BOTS Act of 2016
- S. 290 (114th) Increasing the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability to Veterans Act of 2016
- S. 1463 (114th) Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015
- S.Res. 272 (114th) A resolution congratulating the University of Kansas for 150 years of outstanding service to the State of Kansas, the United States, and…
- S.Res. 314 (114th) A resolution expressing support for designation of the third Tuesday in November as "National Entrepreneurs' Day".
- S. 248 (114th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty 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.