House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to Black veterans of World War II, and surviving spouses and certain direct descendants of such veterans, eligibility for certain housing loans and educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
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Latest action: Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1725.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOULTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H920):Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution. To raise and support Armies . . . To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1725, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1725
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
38 cosponsors — 38 Democrats
0 of 38 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Clyburn (D-SC), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.