House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BAH Restoration Act
Official title: To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the basic allowance for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed services.
Sponsor: Rep. Marilyn Strickland D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1956.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STRICKLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1040):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1956, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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 25, 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
37 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 30 Democrats
7 of 37 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), August Pfluger (R-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marilyn Strickland.
- H.R. 970 (119th) Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025
- H.R. 4821 (119th) Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025
- H.R. 4265 (119th) Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2025
- H.R. 1437 (119th) Buffalo Soldiers Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
- H.R. 4420 (119th) Cool Corridors Act of 2025
- H.R. 3124 (119th) Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1122 (119th) BAH Restoration ActIdentical 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.