House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2009
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2010 — Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Jones. Petition No: 111-10. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis10.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 775.
- Congress.gov noteOn 3/15/2010, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Armed Services from consideration of H.R.775. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 111-10: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 775, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
352 cosponsors — 130 Republicans, 222 Democrats
129 of 352 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), John Adler (D-NJ), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Steve Austria (R-OH), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), J. Barrett (R-SC), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boccieri (D-OH) and 322 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.