House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans’ Preference Parity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 9, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5927.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARTZLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 196, November 9, 2021, Page H6243):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5927, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5927
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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 February 4, 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
26 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 26 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ed Case (D-HI), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Joyce (R-OH), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), William Timmons (R-SC), Michael Turner (R-OH), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vicky Hartzler.
- H.R. 4821 (117th) Combating the Persecution of Religious Groups in China Act
- H.R. 541 (117th) Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2021
- H.R. 6304 (117th) Stop Federal Vaccine Mandates for Employees Act
- H.Res. 1091 (117th) Calling for the immediate resignation of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
- H.R. 3306 (117th) Uyghur SOS Act
- H.R. 3400 (117th) VA Emergency Transportation 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.