House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Support Our Military Caregivers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Committee actionMay 18, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3989.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 165, November 5, 2015, Page H8154):Clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3989, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
19 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Walter Jones (R-NC), Martha McSally (R-AZ), James Renacci (R-OH), Ed Royce (R-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), David Young (R-IA), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.
- H.R. 3180 (114th) Flexible Pell Grant for 21st Century Students Act
- H.R. 5683 (114th) Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act
- H.Res. 782 (114th) Encouraging the people of the United States to honor the service of military retirees who continue to serve the United States long after…
- H.Con.Res. 161 (114th) Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the…
- H.R. 5334 (114th) Stamp Out Invasive Species Act
- H.Res. 754 (114th) Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to work to combat the nationwide problem of invasive species threatening native…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.