House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Purple Heart Freedom to Work Act
Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Austin Scott R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7120.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H921):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7120, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7120
- 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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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 September 19, 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
19 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 19 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Brian Mast (R-FL), John McGuire (R-VA), Cory Mills (R-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Michael Turner (R-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Austin Scott.
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- H.R. 8884 (119th) Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
- H.Res. 1009 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of…
- H.Res. 1224 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the…
- H.Res. 377 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration…
- H.Res. 53 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest…
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.