House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2021 · 427–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 147.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 147, Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education (BRAVE) Act” on August 13, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57427
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 147, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/147
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 Mr. NORCROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H55):U.S Constitution Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 37 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 147, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/147
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 147, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Norcross.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.