House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Transition Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2017
- Committee actionMay 23, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2018 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-825, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2648.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2648, Veterans Transition Improvement Act” on June 6, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 23, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53943
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2648, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2648
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-825 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2018 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/825
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2648, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2648
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 90, May 24, 2017, Page H4570):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2017 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2648, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2648
- 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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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
11 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), John Carter (R-TX), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Mimi Walters (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Stivers.
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- H.R. 4267 (115th) Small Business Credit Availability Act
- H.R. 1511 (115th) Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017
- H.R. 6313 (115th) Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2018
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.