HR 1606 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023

Latest action · Jun 21, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2023
  2. Passed HouseJun 20, 2023
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023

This bill provides statutory authority for the Boots to Business Program, which provides entrepreneurship training to individuals including veterans and active members of the Armed Forces, to be administered by the Small Business Administration.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 272Passed407–0Jun 20, 2023

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2023 to May 24, 2023; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXJake EllzeyOriginalMar 14, 2023
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalMar 14, 2023
R-TXRoger WilliamsOriginalMar 14, 2023
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeMay 22, 2023
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneMay 22, 2023
R-NYMarcus J. MolinaroMay 23, 2023
R-KSTracey MannMay 23, 2023
D-MIShri ThanedarMay 24, 2023

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseSmall Business Committee
Referred Mar 14, 2023Markup May 23, 2023Reported Jun 5, 2023
SenateSmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  2. Jun 20, 2023Mr. Ellzey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Jun 20, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2973-2975)
  4. Jun 20, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1606.
  5. Jun 20, 2023At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  6. Jun 20, 2023Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2978-2979)
  7. Jun 20, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 272). (text: CR H2973)
  8. Jun 20, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. Jun 5, 2023Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-98.
  10. Jun 5, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 75.
  11. May 25, 2023Ordered to be Reported Without Recommendation by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
  12. May 23, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  13. Mar 14, 2023Introduced in House
  14. Mar 14, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2973–H2975Text printed H2973Recorded votes H2978enactBradley Scott Schneider D-IL, Jake Ellzey R-TX, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJun 20, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. May 26, 2023H.R. 1606, Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 23, 2023

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: small business

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 47, March 14, 2023, page H1288.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Small Business Act to codify the Boots to Business Program, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2023Referred in Senate
  2. Jun 20, 2023Engrossed in House
  3. Jun 5, 2023Reported in House
  4. Mar 14, 2023Introduced in House

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