House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Life Month Resolution
Official title: Supporting the designation of the month of June as "Life Month".
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 98.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 94, June 3, 2025, Page H2420):Section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 98, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/98
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
218e82d88e5eecc629f5f6ec236cba717af540e5c9b93be3c6457e1d3c3a5b49
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 11, 2026). 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Republicans
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mark Harris (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 5160 (119th) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1259 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri…
- H.R. 1503 (119th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
Related bills
- S.J.Res. 56 (119th) Life Month ResolutionRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.