H.R. 5009 · 118th Congress

Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

Introduced on Jul 27, 2023 by David P. Joyce (R-OH-14). 12 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Became Public Law 118-159.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 118-159
Introduced
Jul 27, 2023
Cosponsors
12
7 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

To reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • Air quality
  • Alaska
  • Alliances
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Armed Forces Retirement Home
  • Asia
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Athletes
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Australia
  • Aviation and airports
  • Belarus
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Building construction
  • California
  • Canada
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • China
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coast guard
  • Colorado
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional tributes
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Costa Rica
  • Crimes against children
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Cuba
  • Cultural exchanges and relations
  • Currency
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Defense spending
  • Dental care
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of State
  • Detention of persons
  • Digital media
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Director of National Intelligence
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employee leave
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Europe
  • European Union
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Family relationships
  • Family services
  • Federal officials
  • Financial literacy
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Florida
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • France
  • Fruit and vegetables
  • Gaza Strip
  • Germany
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Higher education
  • Homeland security
  • Hong Kong
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Housing industry and standards
  • Human rights
  • Human trafficking
  • Illinois
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • India
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indiana
  • Industrial facilities
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Inflation and prices
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • International exchange and broadcasting
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Judges
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Land transfers
  • Latin America
  • Lease and rental services
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Mammals
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Marshall Islands
  • Maryland
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Members of Congress
  • Mental health
  • Metals
  • Micronesia
  • Middle East
  • Military assistance, sales, and agreements
  • Military command and structure
  • Military education and training
  • Military facilities and property
  • Military law
  • Military medicine
  • Military operations and strategy
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Military procurement, research, weapons development
  • Military readiness
  • Motor carriers
  • Motor fuels
  • Motor vehicles
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • National Guard and reserves
  • National symbols
  • Navigation, waterways, harbors
  • Neurological disorders
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Nuclear power
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Nursing
  • Ohio
  • Oil and gas
  • Organized crime
  • Palau
  • Palestinians
  • Panama
  • Pennsylvania
  • Performance measurement
  • Personnel records
  • Pest management
  • Physical fitness and lifestyle
  • Poland
  • Preschool education
  • Prescription drugs
  • Professional sports
  • Protection of officials
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Radiation
  • Radio spectrum allocation
  • Railroads
  • Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
  • Reptiles
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Romania
  • Rule of law and government transparency
  • Russia
  • Sanctions
  • Service industries
  • Sex and reproductive health
  • Sex offenses
  • Singapore
  • Small business
  • Smuggling and trafficking
  • South Asia
  • South Korea
  • Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
  • Spacecraft and satellites
  • State and local government operations
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
  • Technology assessment
  • Technology transfer and commercialization
  • Telephone and wireless communication
  • Terrorism
  • Texas
  • Transportation costs
  • Transportation safety and security
  • Travel and tourism
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • User charges and fees
  • Utah
  • Venezuela
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Veterans' organizations and recognition
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation
  • Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

David P. JoyceR-OH-14Sponsor

Democrats · 7

Republicans · 5

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment
    Dec 11, 2024· House· Passage· Passed 281–140
  2. On the Cloture Motion
    Dec 16, 2024· Senate· Cloture· Cloture Motion Agreed to 83–12
  3. On the Motion
    Dec 18, 2024· Senate· Procedural· Motion Agreed to 85–14

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 27, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Oct 17, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
  5. Oct 18, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
  6. Oct 25, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. Oct 26, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
  8. Oct 26, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  9. Oct 26, 2023 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  10. Jan 30, 2024Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-366.
  11. Jan 30, 2024 · HouseReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-366.
  12. Jan 30, 2024 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 299.
  13. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  14. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H404-406)
  15. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5009.
  16. Feb 5, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H404-405)
  17. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H404-405)
  18. Feb 5, 2024 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. Feb 6, 2024 · SenateReceived in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332.
  20. Sep 24, 2024 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6380-6381)
  21. Sep 24, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
  22. Sep 24, 2024 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6380-6381)
  23. Sep 25, 2024 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  24. Dec 11, 2024 · HousePursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1612, Mr. Rogers (AL) called up the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009. (consideration: CR H6827-7098)
  25. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseMr. Rogers (AL) moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
  26. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseMr. Rogers (AL) moved that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the bill, H.R. 5009, with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-52.
  27. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 5009.
  28. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  29. Dec 11, 2024 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 5009, the Chair put the question on concurring in the Senate amendment with an amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Rogers (AL) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  30. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  31. Dec 11, 2024Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 281 - 140 (Roll no. 500). (consideration: CR H7099-7100; text: CR H6827-7091)House · Roll call 500
  32. Dec 11, 2024 · HouseOn motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 281 - 140 (Roll no. 500). (consideration: CR H7099-7100; text: CR H6827-7091)House · Roll call 500
  33. Dec 11, 2024 · SenateMessage on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
  34. Dec 12, 2024 · SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6979-6980)
  35. Dec 12, 2024 · SenateMotion by Senator Schumer to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 made in Senate. (CR S6979)
  36. Dec 12, 2024 · SenateCloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 presented in Senate. (CR S6980)
  37. Dec 12, 2024 · SenateMotion by Senator Schumer to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 with an amendment (SA 3317) made in Senate. (CR S6980)
  38. Dec 12, 2024 · SenateMotion by Senator Schumer to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services the House message to accompany H.R. 5009 with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 3319) made in Senate. (CR S6980)
  39. Dec 16, 2024 · SenateConsidered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S7045-7048)
  40. Dec 16, 2024 · SenateCloture on the motion to concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5009 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 83 - 12. Record Vote Number: 324. (CR S7045)Senate · Roll call 324
  41. Dec 16, 2024 · SenateMotion by Senator Schumer to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 3319) fell when cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 in Senate.
  42. Dec 17, 2024 · SenateConsidered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
  43. Dec 18, 2024 · SenateConsidered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
  44. Dec 18, 2024 · SenateMotion by Senator Schumer to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 with an amendment (SA 3317) withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
  45. Dec 18, 2024Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 14. Record Vote Number: 325.Senate · Roll call 325
  46. Dec 18, 2024 · SenateSenate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5009 by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 14. Record Vote Number: 325.Senate · Roll call 325
  47. Dec 18, 2024 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  48. Dec 20, 2024Presented to President.
  49. Dec 20, 2024 · HousePresented to President.
  50. Dec 23, 2024Signed by President.
  51. Dec 23, 2024Signed by President.
  52. Dec 23, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-159.
  53. Dec 23, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-159.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL10 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  2. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  3. Wild Landscapes, Inc.5 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)
  4. Wildlife Conservation Society5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYAI match · 100%
  5. World Wildlife Fund, Inc.5 reports
    $730K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.AI match · 100%
  6. Zoological Association of America5 reports
    $55K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  8. HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND4 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  9. American Apparel & Footwear Association2 reports
    $587.8K reported (all issues)
  10. American Civil Liberties Union2 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)
  11. ERICSSON INC.2 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ERICSSON INCAI match · 100%
  12. HAWKEYE 3602 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HAWKEYE 360, INC.$23M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. HUMANA INC.2 reports
    $3.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC$5.6B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL2 reports
    $720K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. IONQ, INC.2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: IONQ, INC.$500 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$115.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION2 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. PPG INDUSTRIES INC.2 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. TENABLE, INC.2 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)
  20. The Nature Conservancy2 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%
  21. The Wildlife Society2 reports
    $24K reported (all issues)
  22. A NEW POLICY INC.1 report
  23. AFL-CIO1 report
    $620K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  24. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL1 report
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  25. AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION INC.1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  26. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO1 report
    $570K reported (all issues)
  27. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE1 report
    $910K reported (all issues)
  28. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE1 report
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  29. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC.1 report
    $630K reported (all issues)
  30. ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.1 report
    $550K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.$89.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  31. APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.1 report
    $640K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: APPLIED MATERIALS, INCAI match · 100%
  32. ARM INC.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARM INCAI match · 96%
  33. AURORA INNOVATION, INC1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)
  34. AXIOM SPACE1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AXIOM SPACE INC$212.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  35. Allegheny Technologies Inc.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  36. Amazon Web Services, Inc.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$582.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  37. Amentum Holdings, Inc (Formerly Jacobs)1 report
  38. American Bankers Association1 report
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  39. American Humane1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  40. American Public Transportation Association1 report
    $400K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.