House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Improving Emerging Tech Opportunities for Veterans Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide greater opportunities for veterans to pursue education programs involving emerging technologies, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7103.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7103, Improving Emerging Tech Opportunities for Veterans Act” on June 4, 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 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62457
- CBO publication date
- June 4, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7103, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7103
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H921):Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. Constitution: `To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.' Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution: `To provide and maintain a Navy.' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: `To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 558 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7103, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7103
- 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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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
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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.