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H.R. 3469: SERV Act

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H.R. 3469: SERV Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-13 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

SERV Act

Plain summary

Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act or the SERV Act - Excludes from the definitions of "active duty," "active duty for training," and "inactive duty training," for veteran benefit or employment preference purposes, any service performed at a preparatory school of a service academy by a student who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

SERV Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] · 111 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), William R. Keating (D-MA) and 51 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3469 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113