House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Sgt. Walter F. Hartnett IV Green Star Veterans Service Act
Official title: To amend title 36, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a flag for next of kin of veterans who die by suicide.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRESNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 191, November 12, 2025, Page H4667):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6022, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 October 6, 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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Bresnahan.
- H.R. 1286 (119th) Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
- H.R. 3428 (119th) Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
- H.R. 2987 (119th) CEASE Act of 2025
- H.R. 4782 (119th) Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act
- H.R. 6075 (119th) Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 10224 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.