House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Remembering American Hostages Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 36, United States Code, to require the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag to be displayed on key historical dates, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5772.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 172, October 17, 2025, Page H4542):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5772, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 10, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Kean.
- H.R. 1765 (119th) Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- H.R. 2503 (119th) Undersea Cable Control Act
- H.R. 5419 (119th) Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
- H.R. 6322 (119th) Stop Stealing our Chips Act
- H.R. 5584 (119th) LIFT AI Act
- H.R. 5634 (119th) Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
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.