House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2023
- Committee actionDec 5, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2024 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-938, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1753.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1753, a bill to ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service” on July 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 5, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59925
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1753, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1753
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-938 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 19, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/938
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1753, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1753
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 53, March 23, 2023, Page H1410):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 251 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1753, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1753
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0259b612c6d19a2cb352fdb6848b2b6071c55e988d3177fcb18c1a0dbd803032
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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
31 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 31 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Jason Crow (D-CO), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
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- H.R. 6610 (118th) Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act
- H.R. 6443 (118th) Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 1631 (118th) Pro Codes Act
- H.R. 9564 (118th) Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act
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.