House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for certain veterans who served in Guam.
Sponsor: Rep. James Moylan R-GUWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2149.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 49, March 14, 2025, Page H1163):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2149, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2149
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
36 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 28 Democrats
28 of 36 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Val Hoyle (D-OR), David Joyce (R-OH), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moylan.
- H.R. 6472 (119th) Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
- H.R. 877 (119th) Deliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 6275 (119th) China AI Power Report Act
- H.R. 10115 (119th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1328 (119th) Honoring the 80th anniversary of United States-Philippine relations.
- H.Res. 541 (119th) Supporting the designation of July 21, 2025, as "Guam Liberation Day".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.