House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act
Official title: To remove the six-year statute of limitations on certain claims against the United States Government by survivors of members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001.
Sponsor: Rep. Jared Golden D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 85, May 20, 2025, Page H2198):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3509, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3509
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 18, 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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adam Gray (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden.
- H.R. 2550 (119th) Protect America's Workforce Act
- H.Res. 432 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management…
- H.R. 3762 (119th) Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act
- H.R. 1193 (119th) Future in Logging Careers Act
- H.R. 7735 (119th) Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act
- H.R. 4665 (119th) Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief 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.