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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Supporting VA Families Act

H.R. 8041Introduced Mar 24, 2026Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: To establish an entitlement to a supplemental period of unpaid parental leave for employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sponsor: Rep. Janelle Bynum D-OR
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Where it went

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.

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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8041, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janelle Bynum.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress · OR-5 district

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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.