House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2021
- Committee actionNov 4, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 12.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3944.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3944, Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021” on December 7, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 4, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57674
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3944, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
396d60d07b8768305ee62501a168867d5664ecc3bf81b1be274e80c5bc437763
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 105, June 16, 2021, Page H2893):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3944, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
396d60d07b8768305ee62501a168867d5664ecc3bf81b1be274e80c5bc437763
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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
22 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 19 Democrats
3 of 22 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Angie Craig (D-MN), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Trone (D-MD), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 8260 (117th) Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act of 2022
- H.R. 2630 (117th) Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act
- H.R. 2704 (117th) Improving VA Accountability To Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Act of 2021
- H.R. 7277 (117th) Improving Oversight of Veterans Community Care Providers Act of 2022
- H.R. 8510 (117th) Strengthening Whistleblower Protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act
- H.R. 4845 (117th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Veterans.
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.