House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Warriors to Workforce Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to an eligible individual during the first year of a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-job training.
Sponsor: Rep. Derrick Van Orden R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2026 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 982.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):Article I, Section 8, clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
- H.R. 1815 (119th) VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
- H.R. 983 (119th) Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 980 (119th) Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
- H.R. 981 (119th) VETT Act
- H.R. 1845 (119th) TAP Promotion Act
- H.R. 648 (119th) Strengthening our Servicemembers with Milk Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.