House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Locating Our Unclaimed Veterans Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a centralized portal within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the storage of information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Valadao R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9006.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3726):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9006, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9006
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60700037740d9f85eecc668b75e96742c5cb797696b3a3dfd180491e278e0e68
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 August 20, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Valadao.
- H.R. 2481 (119th) Romance Scam Prevention Act
- H.R. 3419 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.
- H.R. 1044 (119th) To amend Public Law 99–338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits.
- H.R. 3854 (119th) Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors
- H.R. 836 (119th) Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
- H.R. 1147 (119th) Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
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.