Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
Latest action · Sep 8, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 696.
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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2025 to Jan 13, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jan 13, 2026 |
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 Sep 30, 2025Markup May 14, 2026Reported Sep 8, 2026 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Oct 15, 2025Hearings Jan 21, 2026Markup Feb 24, 2026Reported Feb 24, 2026 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-796.
- Sep 8, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 696.
- May 14, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- Feb 24, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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
- Jun 11, 2026H.R. 5634, Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 160, September 30, 2025, page H4510.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-44 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING110 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 21, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the amount of entitlement to educational assistance payable for flight training under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2026Reported in House
- Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
