House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to define the purpose, role, duties, and professional qualification requirements for chaplains in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Self R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8769.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3394):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8769, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8769
- 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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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Self.
- H.R. 6230 (119th) Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
- H.R. 6916 (119th) Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
- H.R. 7653 (119th) Biodefense Diplomacy Enhancement Act
- H.R. 7632 (119th) SHADOW Act
- H.R. 5853 (119th) To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act.
- H.R. 6411 (119th) Preshevo Valley Discrimination Assessment Act
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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