House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Retain Skilled Veterans Act
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 Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 939.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H828):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is veterans hiring,Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 122 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 939, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a13689c2c63fb32e5193ebf6d79188dc1549f02e00b237933c873c69bbdb752c
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 December 5, 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
18 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 18 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chris Stewart (R-UT), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Moore.
- H.R. 2717 (118th) Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
- H.R. 9716 (118th) Increasing Baseline Updates Act
- H.R. 6127 (118th) MAPWaters Act
- H.Res. 1322 (118th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 908 (118th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 948 (118th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
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.