House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 903.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans EntrepreneurshipSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 171 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 903, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/903
- 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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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 903, 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
16 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), J. Correa (D-CA), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Bob Good (R-VA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Barry Moore (R-AL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 357 (118th) Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act
- H.R. 358 (118th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 7737 (118th) One Agency Act
- H.R. 2933 (118th) Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act
- H.R. 4154 (118th) No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2023
- H.R. 5531 (118th) End U.N. Censorship Act
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.