House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Respect for Grieving Military Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3232.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Armed Forces and National SecuritySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 123 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3232, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3232
- 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
17 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 10 Democrats
7 of 17 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mike Levin (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
- H.R. 7770 (118th) Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1273 (118th) Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 1293 (118th) Cabin Air Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 6081 (118th) To amend the short title of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to be the Dianne Feinstein Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.
- H.R. 716 (118th) Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
- H.R. 7771 (118th) National Rosie the Riveter Day 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.