House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019

H.R. 2227Introduced Apr 10, 2019Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedApr 10, 2019
Committee actionOct 29, 2019
Passed HouseFeb 25, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 27, 2020 — 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. 2227.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2227, Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019” on November 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 29, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 8, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication date
November 8, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2227, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BUSTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3257):
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2227, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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

11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats

3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cheri Bustos.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-17 district

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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.