House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 5, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1928.
- 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. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2754):Section 1 and Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1928, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1928
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
811956f4b3cf61bc84f49a314e6580929a6aeb46a15b3605fb46852e91594593
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 December 5, 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
199 cosponsors — 65 Republicans, 133 Democrats, 1 independent
65 of 199 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA) and 169 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
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- H.R. 757 (115th) FAIR Act
- H.R. 6909 (115th) Lady Liberty Act of 2018
- H.R. 4775 (115th) FAIR Act
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.