HR 7144 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a feedback tool for use by members of the Armed Forces and their spouses to identify, rate, and compare housing, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Mar 17, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 17, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a feedback tool through which members of the Armed Forces and their spouses may anonymously identify, rate, and compare housing under the jurisdiction of DOD, including privatized military housing.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2022 to Dec 20, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalMar 17, 2022
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickMar 24, 2022
D-NVDina TitusMar 24, 2022
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerMar 24, 2022
D-HIEd CaseMar 28, 2022
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersMar 31, 2022
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Apr 5, 2022
D-INAndré CarsonApr 6, 2022
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksApr 6, 2022
D-OHTim RyanApr 11, 2022
R-ASAumua Amata Coleman RadewagenApr 14, 2022
D-MASeth MoultonApr 14, 2022
D-NHAnn M. KusterApr 21, 2022
D-VAElaine G. LuriaMay 3, 2022
R-NYElise M. StefanikMay 3, 2022
D-TXVeronica EscobarMay 3, 2022
D-WARick LarsenMay 6, 2022
D-CAMike LevinJun 7, 2022
D-COJason CrowDec 20, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Mar 17, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Mar 17, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 48, March 17, 2022, page H3828.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 117-963THE STATUS OF MILITARY RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE81 pagesArmed Services CommitteeSep 21, 2022
—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2023443 pagesAppropriations CommitteeMar 31, 2022–Apr 28, 2022

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a feedback tool for use by members of the Armed Forces and their spouses to identify, rate, and compare housing, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2022Introduced in House

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