House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Gerald’s Law Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Bergman R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7199.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7199, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7199
- 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
14 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 14 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Susie Lee (D-NV), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Keith Self (R-TX), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 1823 (119th) VA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act
- H.R. 3132 (119th) CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 6993 (119th) BEACON Act of 2026
- H.R. 7683 (119th) VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act
- H.R. 45 (119th) FIND Act
- H.Res. 254 (119th) Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
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.