House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
VERY Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2024
- Committee actionMay 1, 2024
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2024 — 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. 7653.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7653, Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2024” on May 1, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60225
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7653, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7653
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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. DAVIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1181):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to update certain terminology regarding veteran employment.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7653, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7653
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7653, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
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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.