House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preventing Stomach Cancer in Our Nation’s Heroes Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a report on testing for helicobacter pylori for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 29, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9531.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 108, June 29, 2026, Page H4317):Article I, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9531, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 13, 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.
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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. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
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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.