House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Servicemember Retention and Education Advancement Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a uniform policy to provide tuition assistance after on year of active duty service.
Sponsor: Rep. Gilbert Cisneros D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5425.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISNEROS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 152, September 17, 2025, Page H4411):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5425, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 30, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7154 (119th) Streamlining Small Business Contracts 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.