House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Remove the Stain Act
Official title: To rescind each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jill Tokuda D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3609.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 88, May 23, 2025, Page H2369):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3609, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 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 January 21, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jill Tokuda.
- H.R. 375 (119th) Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
- H.R. 8945 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S.…
- H.R. 4967 (119th) Keep Seniors Fed Act
- H.R. 3373 (119th) GHOST Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1278 (119th) Reaffirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy.
- H.R. 5217 (119th) Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1915 (119th) Remove the Stain ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.