House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7060.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 11, January 22, 2024, Page H246):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) The single subject of this legislation is: to make permanent the authority to reimburse servicemembers for spouse relicensing costs pursuant to a permanent change of station.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 342 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7060, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7060
- 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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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 June 6, 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
13 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 11 Democrats
2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
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- H.R. 8426 (118th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
- H.R. 5322 (118th) Time Off to Vote Act
- H.R. 3600 (118th) VA Work-Study Improvement Act
- H.R. 3601 (118th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
- H.R. 5748 (118th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.