House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Valor Earned Not Stolen Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for fraudulent misrepresentation about the receipt of a military decoration or medal, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 327.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H93):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 327, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/327
- 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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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
12 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 12 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), David Valadao (R-CA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beth Van Duyne.
- H.R. 2965 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 8873 (119th) Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
- H.R. 2966 (119th) American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
- H.R. 6903 (119th) Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
- H.R. 5498 (119th) Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026
- H.R. 8883 (119th) Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters Act
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.