House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
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- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee action—
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 9, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 250.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):Section 1 and Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 250, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 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
27 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 13 Democrats
14 of 27 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Steve Israel (D-NY), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), David Loebsack (D-IA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Tom Reed (R-NY), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.