House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Education Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3272.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 120, July 17, 2017, Page H5921):Article 1, Section 8 (Clauses 1, 12, 13, and 14) of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes for the purpose of spending; to raise and support armies; to provide and maintain a navy; and to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 312 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3272, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3272
- 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
122 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 92 Democrats, 1 independent
29 of 122 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Collins (R-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Faso (R-NY) and 92 more.
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.