House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pay Our Military Act
Official title: To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations.
Sponsor: Rep. Emilia Sykes D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5660.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5660, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 5, 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 November 5, 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
49 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 48 Democrats
1 of 49 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), John Mannion (D-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emilia Sykes.
- H.Res. 238 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion…
- H.R. 2016 (119th) Feed Our Families Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 123 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare…
- H.R. 971 (119th) RAIL Act
- H.R. 5661 (119th) Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025
- H.R. 2472 (119th) INFANTS Act of 2025
Related bills
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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.