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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

H.R. 808Introduced Feb 15, 2005Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Brown R-SC
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 14, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 808.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 808, last updated August 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

214 cosponsors — 85 Republicans, 128 Democrats, 1 independent

129 of 214 cosponsors (60%) 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), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL) and 184 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Brown.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Carolina in Congress · SC-1 district

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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.