House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-199
To amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Became law on Dec 4, 2014.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Miller R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2014
- Committee actionNov 13, 2014
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 24, 2014
- Became lawDec 4, 2014
Latest action: Dec 4, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-199.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5441.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5441, a bill to amend the federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the armed forces of the United States” on November 14, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 13, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49768
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5441, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-620 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 17, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2014 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/620
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5441, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7433):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5441, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
82 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 36 Democrats, 1 independent
37 of 82 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Diane Black (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), J. Forbes (R-VA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Tim Griffin (R-AR), H. Griffith (R-VA) and 52 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Miller.
- H.J.Res. 105 (113th) Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez.
- H.R. 3302 (113th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bay Pines, Florida, as the "C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs…
- H.R. 324 (113th) To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during…
- H.R. 357 (113th) GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2014
- H.R. 1095 (113th) TSA Loose Change Act
- H.R. 2189 (113th) To improve the processing of disability claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
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