House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple Heart.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Peters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1379.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1379, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple H” on March 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 8, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52531
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1379, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1379
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1594):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1379, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1379
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
62584a213194f7f2558b0817dec632ba500d7a13c71742364b4c553123013c9d
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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
19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 19 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), James Renacci (R-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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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.