House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Supporting the designation of November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Father's Day".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 209.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 209, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 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 September 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 209, last updated September 30, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 1, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Austin Scott (R-GA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3513 (119th) Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 3544 (119th) Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 5350 (119th) FAIR Act of 2025
- H.R. 6091 (119th) Bivens Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.