House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Retired Pay Restoration Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H286):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution, which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 474 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 303, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/303
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 303, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
112 cosponsors — 49 Republicans, 63 Democrats
63 of 112 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and 82 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis.
- H.R. 3504 (116th) Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 4861 (116th) Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2020
- H.R. 2628 (116th) VET CARE Act of 2019
- H.R. 5750 (116th) Streamlining GI Bill Processing Act of 2020
- H.R. 5995 (116th) Major Richard Star Act
- H.R. 4086 (116th) Protection for Veterans’ Burn Pit Exposure 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.