House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

FREED Vets Act

H.R. 3598Introduced Jun 28, 2019Policy area: Education

Where it went

IntroducedJun 28, 2019
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseMar 10, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 11, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3598.

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 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3598, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

69 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 47 Democrats

21 of 69 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jared Golden (D-ME), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI) and 39 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Conor Lamb.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-17 district

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