House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Steven Palazzo R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5038.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 30, February 15, 2018, Page H1213):Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5038, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 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
58 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 33 Democrats
33 of 58 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gregg Harper (R-MS), James Himes (D-CT), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Walter Jones (R-NC), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Palazzo.
- H.R. 2615 (115th) Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 1384 (115th) Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act
- H.J.Res. 17 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may…
- H.R. 684 (115th) Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2017
- H.J.Res. 21 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit Congress' power to impose a tax on a failure to purchase goods or…
- H.R. 7325 (115th) Border Bonds for America Act of 2018
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.