House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Censoring Military Families Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense to restore access to curricula, books, and other learning materials at schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Raskin D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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. 5527.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4489):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5527, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 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 August 4, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.