House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2025

H.R. 5535Introduced Sep 19, 2025Policy area: Immigration

Official title: To provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Where 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 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and 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. 5535.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4490):
Article 1 Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
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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 25, 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

11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats

2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

J. Correa (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Derek Tran (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-39 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.