House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 475.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LURIA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 14, January 25, 2021, Page H233):Article I, Section 9, Clauses 12 and 13, which grant Congress the power to establish a military, and Clause 18, which grants Congress the necessary and proper powers to carry out its other enumerated powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 475, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/475
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 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
187 cosponsors — 51 Republicans, 136 Democrats
51 of 187 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Karen Bass (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and 157 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elaine Luria.
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- H.R. 4275 (117th) Ensuring Phone and Internet Access Through Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 5738 (117th) Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act
- H.R. 6824 (117th) President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act
- H.Res. 214 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Iran must cease enriching uranium to 20 percent purity and abandon its pursuit…
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.