House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Honoring Veterans’ Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2019 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1126.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 25, February 8, 2019, Page H1493):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1126, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1126
- 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
21 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 21 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
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- H.R. 2381 (116th) Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2019
- H.R. 8012 (116th) Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020
- H.R. 8013 (116th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2020
- H.R. 5744 (116th) Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act
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.