To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to veterans education and employment programs, and for other purposes.
Public Law 102-16 · H.R. 180 · 102nd Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Mar 22, 1991 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Penny (D-MN-1)
Cosponsors (24): Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Sonny Montgomery,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 402 yea, 0 nay402–0
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Extends through 1994 (currently 1991) the provision of employment and training assistance for disabled and Vietnam veterans under Federal veterans' benefits provisions.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational and vocational counseling and related services to: (1) individuals eligible for educational assistance under the armed forces educational assistance program; (2) individuals discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable within the past year; and (3) individuals serving on active duty and within 180 days of being released or discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
Requires the Secretary to make available information concerning the need for general education and for trained personnel in the various crafts, trades, and professions. Requires the Secretary to acquaint all eligible individuals with the availability of counseling services offered under this Act.
Provides entitlement for a veterans' rehabilitation program for persons receiving outpatient medical care or treatment for a service-connected disability pending discharge from active military service when the Secretary has determined the hospital providing such care or treatment is under contract with or under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the Secretary of the military department concerned.
Includes the payment of handling fees by the Secretary as part of the scope and services authorized to be provided to a veterans' rehabilitation program.
Authorizes the payment of a subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing a vocational rehabilitation program in a Federal, State, or local governmental agency. (Currently, such allowance is offered only to veterans pursuing a program at the Federal level.)
Repeals certain reporting requirements concerning post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance and education loan defaults.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with individuals whereby the individual agrees to perform work-study services in return for the elimination of overpayments made by the Department to such individuals during such individual's participation in a Department-sponsored benefits program. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain hours and length of service limitations, the payment of interest and administrative costs, or deductions from future benefit payments for such individuals. Prohibits any such work-study services agreement from continuing after such indebtedness has been repaid. Requires the Secretary to compensate an individual at an appropriate hourly wage if such individual performs work in excess of his or her indebtedness.
Amends the Post-Vietnam Veterans' Educational Assistance Program to authorize the Secretary to approve the pursuit of flight training as a benefit under such Program if: (1) such training is generally accepted as necessary for attaining a recognized vocational objective in aviation; (2) the individual possesses a valid pilot's license and meets medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license; and (3) the flight courses meet Federal Aviation Administration standards and are approved by the FAA and the State approving agency. Provides benefit amounts and charges to be made against an individual's basic educational assistance allotment for the payment of such flight training assistance.
Redesignates the Secretary of Labor's Committee on Veterans' Employment as the Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment and Training within the Department of Labor. Requires the Committee to: (1) assess the employment and training needs of veterans; (2) determine the extent to which the programs and activities of the Department of Labor are meeting such needs; and (3) carry out activities necessary to make specified reports and recommendations in connection with the future provision of such employment and training needs to eligible veterans. Requires the Committee to make annual reports and recommendations to the Secretary of Labor, to be forwarded to the Congress together with the Secretary's comments.
Extends the provision of veterans' readjustment appointments to disabled veterans and certain veterans of the Vietnam era and of the post-Vietnam era who are qualified for such employment and advancement. (Currently, such appointments are limited to certain veterans of the Vietnam era and post-Vietnam era only.) Allows such appointments to extend through the GS-11 level (currently, GS-9 only with a limited exception). States that veterans shall be eligible for such appointments without regard to the number of years of education completed. Provides that veterans entitled to veterans' disability compensation or whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty shall be given a preference over other veterans for such appointments. Provides time limitations for the receiving of such appointments and exempts from such limitations veterans having a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 402 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
402 yea0 nay32 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(245)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
- Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
- Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-29- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11- Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-13
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
- Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
- Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
- Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
- Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
- Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
- Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
- Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17- Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30- Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
- Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
- Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. John CoxD-IL-16
- Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
- Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
- Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Joan HornD-MO-2
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
- Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-11
- Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-17
- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
- Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
- Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
- Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1- Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-3- Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND- Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE- Rep. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
- Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
- Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Charles LukenD-OH-1
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
- Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
- Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
- Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
- Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
- Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. William OrtonD-UT-3
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
- Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(157)
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
- Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
- Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18- Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13- Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4- Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
- Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-12
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-10- Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
- Rep. Richard ZimmerR-NJ-12
- Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
- Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
- Rep. Craig JamesR-FL-4
- Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
- Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
- Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
- Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. Richard NicholsR-KS-5
- Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
- Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
- Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-13
- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-44
- Rep. Craig ThomasR-WY
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
- Rep. William ZeliffR-NH-1
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
- Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
- Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
- Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
- Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
- Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-40
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6- Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
- Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
- Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
- Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-14
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-42- Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6- Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
- Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
- Rep. Mel HancockR-MO-7
- Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 18 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.
- Mar 22, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-16.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Mar 14, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Mar 7, 1991FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Feb 19, 1991CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Feb 5, 1991FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 0 (Roll no. 19).House roll call 19
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 3, 1991CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.