House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the amount of entitlement to educational assistance payable for flight training under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 696.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5634.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5634, Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026” on June 11, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62450
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 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. 119-796 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 8, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/796
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. KEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
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- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Kean.
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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.