House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025
Official title: To provide remedies to members of the uniformed services discharged for not complying with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan Zinke R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4871.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZINKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4871, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 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 14, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Cloud (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ryan Zinke.
- H.R. 8665 (119th) Allied Defense Sales Act
- H.R. 3613 (119th) Streamlining Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025
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- H.R. 718 (119th) Public Lands in Public Hands Act
- H.R. 1762 (119th) Forest Service Accountability Act
- H.R. 717 (119th) Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2097 (119th) COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025Identical 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.