House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Officer John Barnes Act
Official title: To require benefit eligibility determinations to be made within a certain period of time.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Weber R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1360.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H712):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1360, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1360
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 5, 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 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Keith Self (R-TX), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Weber.
- H.R. 3474 (119th) Federal Mechanical Insulation Act
- H.R. 6832 (119th) PACK Act
- H.R. 8462 (119th) National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 2613 (119th) Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act
- H.R. 9338 (119th) Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1076 (119th) Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the first export shipment of liquefied natural gas produced in the lower 48 States.
Related bills
- S. 571 (119th) Officer John Barnes ActIdentical bill
- S. 3897 (119th) Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers' Benefit Program Expansion Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.