House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a tiger team to perform outreach regarding the process by which a member of the Armed Forces, discharged on the basis of sexual orientation, may apply for review of the characterization of such discharge.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Pocan D-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5300.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 162, September 20, 2021, Page H4556):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5300, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
595541583a146e0f9482d292259d017241ec52696d276d5f29b0730e24448b4c
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
103 cosponsors — 103 Democrats
0 of 103 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and 73 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 3285 (117th) 21st Century President Act
- H.R. 1433 (117th) Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.Res. 939 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 21 through February 25, 2022, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.Res. 144 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 22 through February 26, 2021, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 3946 (117th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021
- H.R. 5342 (117th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2021
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.