House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PFB Act
Official title: To ensure that a member separated from an Armed Force, solely on the basis that the member has pseudofolliculitis barbae, receives an honorable discharge and veterans benefits.
Sponsor: Rep. Herbert Conaway D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.R. 10654.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONAWAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6019):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10654, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10654
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5e4948e78b166dcd4005780df4ed7aa1e4a51e6aae046e11fed3a85ae8e5db91
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 October 23, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.