House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3345.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 123, July 20, 2017, Page H6146):Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3345, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3345
- 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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Lawson.
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- H.R. 3749 (115th) SNAP Standard Medical Expense Deduction Act of 2017
- H.R. 4521 (115th) SNAP Simplification for the Elderly 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.