House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to include training regarding financial protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act in certain financial literacy training programs for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. April McClain Delaney D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2025
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3159.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3159, Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act” on June 11, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62451
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3159
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 73, May 1, 2025, Page H1811):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3159
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
18 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 15 Democrats
3 of 18 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), James Moylan (R-GU), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. April McClain Delaney.
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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.