House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Bacon R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2025 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3031.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 70, April 28, 2025, Page H1684):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3031, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3031
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
- H.R. 2243 (119th) LEOSA Reform Act
- H.R. 217 (119th) CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 4582 (119th) To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a…
- H.R. 4583 (119th) Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3946 (119th) FIGHT Act of 2025
- H.R. 1046 (119th) Marc Fischer Memorial Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.