House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8168.
- 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. 170, No. 74, April 30, 2024, Page H2770):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would authorize grant funding for institutions of higher education to expand or add master's degree programs in the orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) medical field and would establish a second VA Training Center of Excellence for O&P medical care.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 464 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8168, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8168
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 12, 2024
- 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 November 12, 2024). 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA).
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. 3600 (118th) VA Work-Study Improvement Act
- H.R. 3601 (118th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
- H.R. 5748 (118th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy 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.