House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1092.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1092, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1092
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Harley Rouda (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 1716 (116th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019
- H.R. 3596 (116th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act
- H.R. 1248 (116th) York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019
- H.R. 5861 (116th) Agriculture Resilience Act
- H.R. 1221 (116th) Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3212 (116th) Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.