House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
World War I Valor Medals Review 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 11, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2249.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HILL of Arkansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3258):Article I, section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2249, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2249
- 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
34 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 34 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Langevin (D-RI), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Tom Rice (R-SC), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Steve Scalise (R-LA), John Shimkus (R-IL) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Hill.
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- H.R. 4252 (116th) Shift Back to Society Act of 2019
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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.