House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act
Official title: To ensure National Guard members performing full-time National Guard duty in support of Federal law enforcement operations receive benefits equivalent to those provided for service during a national emergency.
Sponsor: Rep. Matt Van Epps R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN EPPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 65, April 14, 2026, Page H2886):Title 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 18 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8281, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8281
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Van Epps.
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- H.R. 7932 (119th) HONOR Gold Star Families Act
- H.R. 9589 (119th) Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act of 2026
- H.R. 9307 (119th) Web of Biological Data Act of 2026
- H.R. 9232 (119th) Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act
Related bills
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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.