House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Career Connection Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides information regarding the professional experiences of certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces to prospective employers.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):Art. 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 14 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6650, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 January 31, 2026). 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
- H.R. 7365 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel…
- H.R. 7618 (119th) American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
- H.R. 3494 (119th) VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
- H.R. 5063 (119th) Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
- H.Res. 940 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 785 (119th) Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.