House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2214.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1693):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2214, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2214, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
44 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 29 Democrats
15 of 44 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Katko (R-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
- H.R. 1456 (117th) Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 4996 (117th) Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021
- H.R. 6059 (117th) Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021
- H.R. 4315 (117th) Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021
- H.R. 1819 (117th) Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2021
- H.R. 1918 (117th) Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.