HJRES 143 United States House · 119th Congress

Resolution Act.

The Resolution Act establishes a Veterans Affairs-Public Health Service Joint Scholarship Program, requiring Public Health Service officers to attend the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences with VA funding and serve full-time at VA medical facilities after graduation. It creates a $1 billion grant program for nonprofit theaters to support employment, facility improvements, and community arts development, with specific eligibility criteria including minimum compensation rates and a 3-year history of programming. The bill also includes provisions for reporting on terrorist acts, protecting Native American seeds, extending small business innovation programs, and prohibiting AI-based impersonation of federal officials. Additional sections address appropriations for various agencies and include procedural requirements for committee hearings.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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Jan 29, 2026
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), House Administration, Ways and Means, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jan 22, 2026
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James P. McGovern
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MA
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