House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No American Left Behind Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on the recovery of certain United States nationals, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 10, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9242.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 98, June 10, 2026, Page H4085):Congress has the authority to enact the No American Left Behind Act pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, including its powers to provide for the common defense, make rules for the government and regulation of the Armed Forces, and make all laws necessary and proper for carrying those powers into execution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 324 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9242, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 August 4, 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Cory Mills (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS).
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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.