House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
New GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2005
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 21, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
172 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 169 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 172 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 142 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.