House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Patriots Over Politics Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an opportunity for members of the Armed Forces who were involuntarily or voluntarily separated for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to transfer the entitlement to educational assistance of such members to their dependents.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2025 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3619.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 91, May 29, 2025, Page H2377):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3619, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 4, 2025
- 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 September 4, 2025). 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Troy Downing (R-MT), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Max Miller (R-OH), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Tim Moore (R-NC), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Robert Onder (R-MO), David Rouzer (R-NC), Keith Self (R-TX), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett.
- H.R. 6047 (119th) Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
- H.R. 9570 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C.…
- H.R. 1364 (119th) Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 3482 (119th) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
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.