House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Seth Moulton D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1255.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOULTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H972):Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution. To raise and support Armies . . . To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To extend to Black veterans of World War II, and surviving spouses and certain direct descendants of such veterans, eligibility for certain housing loans and educational assistance…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 846 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1255, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 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
72 cosponsors — 72 Democrats
0 of 72 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Clyburn (D-SC), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD) and 42 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton.
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- H.R. 7600 (118th) American High-Speed Rail Act
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- H.R. 3648 (118th) CALL Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.