House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AMERICANS Act
Official title: To provide remedies to members of the Armed Forces discharged or subject to adverse action under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Sponsor: Rep. Pat Harrigan R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 511.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 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.
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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
29 cosponsors — 29 Republicans
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Mark Harris (R-NC), Brian Jack (R-GA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Brad Knott (R-NC), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Riley Moore (R-WV), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Robert Onder (R-MO), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Keith Self (R-TX), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Tony Wied (R-WI), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2551 (119th) Military Installation Retail Security Act of 2025
- H.R. 8482 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain investment credit rules with respect to nuclear facilities.
Related bills
- S. 117 (119th) AMERICANS ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.