{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-8029","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 8029","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2026-03-20","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-03-26","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h104","question":"On Passage","title":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act","result":"Passed","yea":218,"nay":206,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll104.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2026-04-02"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-03-26","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act","result":"Failed","yea":210,"nay":215,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll103.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-03-20","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill provides appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of FY2026. 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