House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
VETS Opportunity Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 27, 2024 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7896.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 60, April 9, 2024, Page H2252):Article One, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To expand educational opportunities for veterans in high demand skilled trades.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7896, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9caea37a369171f515416341f6481d0f2e8173ad2251c7b65ba4beac2bc4fe2f
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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Darren Soto (D-FL), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani.
- H.R. 2882 (118th) Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 5585 (118th) Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
- H.R. 1669 (118th) VET–TEC Authorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 8446 (118th) Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024
- H.R. 7100 (118th) Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act
- H.R. 8371 (118th) Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement 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.