House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2018 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1206.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 31, February 21, 2017, Page H1316):Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1206, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 August 11, 2025). 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
77 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 39 Democrats
39 of 77 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), John Faso (R-NY), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Sam Graves (R-MO), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 47 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Luke Messer.
- H.R. 1624 (115th) Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017
- H.R. 3045 (115th) Eastern Legacy Extension Act
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- H.R. 1065 (115th) Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2017
- H.R. 3145 (115th) ISA Act of 2017
- H.R. 4119 (115th) Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act
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.