House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2305.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 64, April 12, 2019, Page H3265):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2305, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2305
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
51a5c55524c300871514fd6e10f14fd467ffcf55ac0d4eba92bc53bb5f5eda91
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 December 6, 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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 8 Democrats
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Andy Levin (D-MI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez.
- H.R. 3701 (116th) Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019
- H.R. 3182 (116th) CECL Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019
- H.R. 1078 (116th) Repatriate Our Patriots Act
- H.R. 5614 (116th) Affordable Homeownership Access Act
- H.R. 8772 (116th) Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020
- H.R. 7168 (116th) Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
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.