House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of veterans educational assistance, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee actionJul 3, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — 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. 2954.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2954, Veterans Transition to Trucking Act of 2025” on August 7, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61642
- CBO publication date
- August 7, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2954, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-305 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 19, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/305
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2954, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b168eb081960cc86f0a0e8faa55e13178fac390911611cc63a1bd11d60ca2082
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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. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2954, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b168eb081960cc86f0a0e8faa55e13178fac390911611cc63a1bd11d60ca2082
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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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.