House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Education Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1652.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1652, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1652
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 July 21, 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
91 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 77 Democrats
14 of 91 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), J. Correa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA) and 61 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Frankel.
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- H.Res. 106 (116th) Denouncing female genital mutilation/cutting as a violation of the human rights of women and girls and urging the international community…
- H.Con.Res. 30 (116th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.R. 1521 (116th) EMPOWER Act
- H.Res. 291 (116th) Recognizing that contributions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are vital to United States national security.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.