House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act

H.R. 5776Introduced Oct 28, 2021Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele D-HI

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 28, 2021
Committee actionJul 19, 2022
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 19, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5776.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5776, Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act” on September 26, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2022 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58505
CBO publication date
September 26, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5776, 117th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5776
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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. KAHELE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 190, October 28, 2021, Pages H6034-H6035):
Article I of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5776, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5776
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff6167422ef2a4ee97877b94fdd644216d32e6b595e3092bf5b4c2f07036074c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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

44 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 42 Democrats

2 of 44 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Marie Newman (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH) and 14 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele.

Sponsor’s state and district

Hawaii in Congress · HI-2 district

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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.