House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.
Official title: To amend title 36, United States Code, to modify the Federal charter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution to clarify its membership eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9701.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9701, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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
48 cosponsors — 48 Republicans
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Randy Fine (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), James Gallagher (R-CA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Addison McDowell (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Cory Mills (R-FL), Riley Moore (R-WV) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 421 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 6622 (119th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.