HR 8168 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

Introduced Apr 30, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Latest action · Apr 30, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

IntroducedApr 30, 2024
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2024 to Jun 26, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 30, 2024
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Apr 30, 2024
R-GU	James C. Moylan	Original	Apr 30, 2024
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Apr 30, 2024
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 30, 2024
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Apr 30, 2024
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Apr 30, 2024
D-IL	Jonathan L. Jackson		Jun 26, 2024

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Apr 30, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 30, 2024Introduced in House
Apr 30, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would authorize grant funding for institutions of higher education to expand or add master's degree programs in the orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) medical field and would establish a second VA Training Center of Excellence for O&P medical care.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 74, April 30, 2024, page H2770.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 8687	Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act	Reintroduction of	Aug 9, 2022

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Armed Forces and National Security

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 30, 2024Introduced in House

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