House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Duty Status Reform Act
Official title: To amend laws relating to duty performed by members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gilbert Cisneros D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6976.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISNEROS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 5, January 8, 2026, Page H252):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6976, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6976
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
44 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 21 Democrats
23 of 44 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Troy Carter (D-LA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Sam Graves (R-MO), Michael Guest (R-MS), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL), John McGuire (R-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6958 (119th) PROTECT Military Families Act
Related bills
- S. 4801 (119th) Duty Status Reform ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.