House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Education Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 17, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1078.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H855):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: VeteransSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1078, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1078
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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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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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), David Joyce (R-OH), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 6358 (119th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 5582 (119th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.