House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Military Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 28, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 28, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8125.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 151, August 28, 2020, Page H4312):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 14, 15, and 16.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 28, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8125, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8125
- 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
24 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 24 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jim Costa (D-CA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Will Hurd (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
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- H.R. 1528 (116th) COPE Act of 2019
- H.R. 383 (116th) Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions 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.