House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Honor Inauguration Day Act
Official title: To require that the flag of the United States of America be flown at its highest peak on Inauguration Day.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jan 13, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 342.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. De La CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 6, January 13, 2025, Page H112):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 342, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/342
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
- H.R. 224 (119th) Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act
- H.R. 225 (119th) HUD Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4646 (119th) Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3390 (119th) Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 6554 (119th) Community Bank Representation Act
- H.Res. 583 (119th) Denouncing the attack on a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on July 7, 2025.
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.