House bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-54
Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025
Became law on Dec 12, 2025.
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
- Committee actionNov 20, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 7, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2025 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 3, 2025
- Became lawDec 12, 2025
Latest action: Dec 12, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 119-54.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STRICKLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H461):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marilyn Strickland.
- H.R. 4821 (119th) Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025
- H.R. 1956 (119th) BAH Restoration Act
- H.R. 4265 (119th) Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2025
- H.R. 1437 (119th) Buffalo Soldiers Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
- H.R. 4420 (119th) Cool Corridors Act of 2025
- H.R. 3124 (119th) Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2025
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.