House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Military Child Educational Freedom Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 26, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 539.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H429):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Educational opportunity for children of active-duty militarySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 158 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 539, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/539
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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 May 27, 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 — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jerry Carl (R-AL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Russell Fry (R-SC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Brian Mast (R-FL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Keith Self (R-TX), William Timmons (R-SC).
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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.