HR 970 — Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-02-04
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-54.
Sponsors
- Strickland, Marilyn (D, WA-10) — sponsor · 2025-02-04
- Self, Keith (R, TX-3) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (1)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | — | H.R. 970 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1440)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1440)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 970.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1439-1441)
- · H30300 — Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- — Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8399-8400)
- · 17000 — Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- — Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- · 14500 — Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- · E20000 — Presented to President.
- · 28000 — Presented to President.
- · E40000 — Became Public Law No: 119-54.
- · 36000 — Became Public Law No: 119-54.
- · E30000 — Signed by President.
- · 36000 — Signed by President.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-02-04 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-04-07 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-04-08 — open
- Public Law · 2025-12-13 — United States Legislative Markup
- Enrolled Bill — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Self, Keith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 970 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-02-04 | Strickland, Marilyn | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strickland, Marilyn (D, house WA-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Self, Keith (R, house TX-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | none | 0 | $0 | 4 | $5,850 | $5,850 |
| 2 | retired | 0 | $0 | 11 | $3,870 | $3,870 |
| 3 | incite.org | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | wilson perumal company, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | southwest airlines | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | becu | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,580 | $2,580 |
| 7 | sound credit union | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,515 | $2,515 |
| 8 | gowest credit union association | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,250 | $2,250 |
| 9 | perry homes | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,800 | $1,800 |
| 10 | motion foot ankle institute | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | scheef stone | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 12 | $930 | $930 |
| 13 | tapco credit union | 0 | $0 | 1 | $516 | $516 |
| 14 | prime developer | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | secretarial office solutions | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 16 | ee overton | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 17 | growth destiny | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 18 | greenville automatic gas co | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 19 | sound transit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 20 | self | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 21 | saint martin's university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 22 | state of washington | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 23 | master heo's tae kwon do | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 24 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 2 | $40 | $40 |
| 25 | pierce transit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 538 unknown (99%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Strickland, Marilyn (D · house · WA-10) · sponsor
- Self, Keith (R · house · TX-3) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Self, Keith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (h.r. 970) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-02-04 · sponsored by Strickland, Marilyn (sponsor) · sponsorship