House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans in STEM Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2020
- Committee actionMar 12, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 12, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6140.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6140, Veterans in STEM Act” on March 27, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56307
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6140, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 45, March 9, 2020, Page H1555):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6140, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
531dc0f1d4fec4023d6d0f2584a1963f785889be2c2ffbfa64a12ee8d90c110a
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6140, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
- H.R. 2372 (116th) Veterans' Care Quality Transparency Act
- H.R. 3525 (116th) U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
- H.R. 3526 (116th) Counter Terrorist Network Act
- H.R. 5780 (116th) Safe Communities Act of 2020
- H.R. 8820 (116th) PASS Act
- H.R. 6142 (116th) Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020
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.