House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
VA Work-Study Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 21, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3600.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 87, May 23, 2023, Page H2546):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Modernizing the VA Work Study program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 250 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3600, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 14, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
59 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 55 Democrats
4 of 59 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
- H.R. 1695 (118th) Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- H.R. 8426 (118th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
- H.R. 5322 (118th) Time Off to Vote Act
- H.R. 3601 (118th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
- H.R. 5748 (118th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
- H.R. 8859 (118th) Deafblind DATA Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.