Bills · 118th Congress · Commerce

Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/14/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 6/20/23
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 407–0 on June 20, 2023 (Roll Call 272 →). Received in the Senate on June 21, 2023. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 6/20/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic197 Yea · 0 Nay · 15 Not voting
  • Republican210 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Bradley Scott Schneider ( Democrat · IL-10)
Cosponsors
8
Introduced
3/14/23
Policy area
Commerce

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (15)
  1. 3/14/23Introduced in House
  2. 3/14/23Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  3. 5/23/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 5/25/23Ordered to be Reported Without Recommendation by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
  5. 6/5/23Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-98.
  6. 6/5/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 75.
  7. 6/20/23Mr. Ellzey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  8. 6/20/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2973-2975)
  9. 6/20/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1606.
  10. 6/20/23At 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.
  11. 6/20/23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2978-2979)
  12. 6/20/23Passed/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)
  13. 6/20/23On 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)
  14. 6/20/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 6/21/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.