House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CARE for RPA Crews Act
Official title: To provide a combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted aircraft crew who conduct combat operations.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8934.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 provides Congress with the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8934, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8934
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 1, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Michael Lawler (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee.
- H.R. 1077 (119th) STEAM Act
- H.R. 869 (119th) Keep Our PACT Act
- H.R. 1573 (119th) Military and Educational Data Integration Act
- H.R. 3981 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals.
- H.R. 2205 (119th) NEDD Act
- H.R. 3158 (119th) Help Hoover Dam Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.