House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veteran Education Empowerment Act
Official title: To reauthorize and improve a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, improving, and operating Student Veteran Centers.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6358.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 201, December 2, 2025, Page H4994):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6358, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 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
42 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 38 Democrats
4 of 42 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Adam Gray (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Frankel.
- H.Con.Res. 81 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.R. 764 (119th) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- H.Con.Res. 21 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.Con.Res. 52 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 22 through September 28, 2025, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Week" to raise…
- H.Con.Res. 120 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 25, 2026, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Week" to raise…
- H.R. 6857 (119th) Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 5582 (119th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActRelated bill
- H.R. 1078 (118th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 498 (118th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 3586 (117th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 1881 (117th) Veteran Education Empowerment ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.