House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow retired or certain disabled members of the uniformed services to contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan after separation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer Kiggans R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4996.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 139, August 19, 2025, Page H3703):Art. 1, Sec 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 13 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4996, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 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 December 19, 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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 12 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Donald Davis (D-NC), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Cory Mills (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Derek Tran (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
- H.R. 7365 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel…
- H.R. 7618 (119th) American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
- H.R. 3494 (119th) VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
- H.R. 5063 (119th) Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
- H.Res. 940 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 785 (119th) Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
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.