House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
HEROES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2869.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 85, May 21, 2019, Page H4065):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2869, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 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
17 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 17 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Tom Cole (R-OK), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Josh Harder (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), John Joyce (R-PA), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Max Rose (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Duffy.
- H.R. 2097 (116th) Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act
- H.R. 764 (116th) United States Reciprocal Trade Act
- H.R. 888 (116th) Women’s Public Health and Safety Act
- H.R. 1265 (116th) Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act
- H.Res. 188 (116th) Expressing support for designation of July as National Sarcoma Awareness Month.
- H.R. 3023 (116th) Secure Our Schools Today 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.