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H.R. 1139: GUARD VA Benefits Act

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H.R. 1139: GUARD VA Benefits Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-02-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-02-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.

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Official title

GUARD VA Benefits Act

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Official text

GUARD VA Benefits Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr1139.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] · 224 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brad Finstad (R-MN), William R. Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jim Costa (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Ed Case (D-HI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Trent Kelly (R-MS) and 164 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] reported raising $23.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr1139 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118