House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Supporting VA Families Act
Official title: To establish an entitlement to a supplemental period of unpaid parental leave for employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2026 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8041.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BYNUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 55, March 24, 2026, Page H2676):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8041, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8041
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 23, 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
87 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 75 Democrats
12 of 87 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.