House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
BREAK PAY for Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2230.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISNEROS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3257):Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2230, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2230
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c497076433136f66ee2ea7dd13d42e5e08cc189761902101ab148db0dc826d7
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 January 3, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brown (D-MD), J. Correa (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jared Golden (D-ME), Susie Lee (D-NV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gilbert Cisneros.
- H.R. 2942 (116th) Helping Expand and Launch Transitional Health for Women Veterans Act
- H.R. 2943 (116th) Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act
- H.R. 7163 (116th) VA FOIA Reform Act of 2020
- H.R. 4748 (116th) Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019
- H.R. 5590 (116th) Korean American VALOR Act
- H.R. 5282 (116th) Military Family Parole in Place 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.