House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veteran Technology Employment Success Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the manner in which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment rate of veterans participating in the VET TEC high technology program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7643.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 35, February 23, 2026, Page H2258):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7643, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7643
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 5581 (119th) Veteran Technology Employment Success Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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