# 119-hjres-143: Resolution Act. 119-hjres-143, Resolution Act., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hjres-143 - As of: 2026-09-10 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hjres-143 - Congress: 119 - Title: Resolution Act. - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA) - Cosponsors: 0 - Policy area: Congress - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-10 ## Summary **Would create a VA–Public Health Service joint scholarship that places Public Health Service officers into VA medical facilities to train and serve.** It also would fund a major nonprofit theater grant program and add a mix of federal rules and small appropriations across agencies. - Would send commissioned Public Health Service officers to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences at VA expense, require completion of an initial residency, and obligate service at a VA medical facility for up to 10 years. Officers who fail to complete service would owe up to twice the tuition and related pay, with limited waiver authority. - Would add a Professional Nonprofit Theater Grant Program for qualifying 501(c)(3) theaters, allowing funds for payroll, production, facility upgrades, training, and certain construction. Grants would be capped at the lesser of 20 percent of an entity's expenditures or $16.0 million and the Secretary could authorize $1.0 billion per year for 2024 through 2028 with at least half reserved for producing theaters. - Would include varied federal provisions such as a one-year requirement that certain public displays of cut flowers and greens be produced in the United States, protections and tribal consultation for Native American seeds subject to appropriations, an AI-based impersonation ban of federal officials with penalties up to 3 years, SBIR/STTR extensions through 2030 with award caps (10 percent or 15 percent for NIH), requirements for terrorism investigation reports to Congress, and specified $1.0 million FY2027 appropriations to several agencies. *Would increase federal spending by authorizing up to $1.0 billion per year for theater grants for 2024–2028 and by providing several $1.0 million FY2027 appropriations.* ## Provisions PRIA read - Full meal deduction for fish workers: benefit, high. This bill would let businesses fully deduct meals that are provided on covered fishing vessels or at certain northern U.S. fish processing facilities. Currently those meals are limited to a 50% business deduction. The change would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. The main b… - Big grants for nonprofit theaters: benefit, high. This bill would create a Professional Nonprofit Theater Grant Program. It would authorize $1 billion a year for each fiscal year from 2024 through 2028. Grants would pay payroll, production, accessibility upgrades, paid training, and other costs. Individual grants would be the smaller of 20% of the… - Crime for AI impersonating officials: benefit, medium. This bill would make it a federal crime to knowingly use artificial intelligence to impersonate a U.S. officer or employee and create materially false or misleading content. The offense would carry fines or up to three years in prison. The bill would protect clear satire or parody and defines key t… - More SBIR commercialization support: benefit, medium. This bill would extend and expand SBIR commercialization authorities through fiscal year 2030. It would let each federal SBIR agency use direct-to-Phase II awards and cap those awards at 10% of an agency's SBIR funds each year (15% for NIH). It would also extend Phase 0 and commercialization assist… - Several $1M FY2027 agency funds: benefit, low. This bill would appropriate $1,000,000 for several specific agency purposes for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027. That includes $1 million for cooperative endangered species work, $1 million for railroad research and development, $1 million for Bureau of the Fiscal Service operations, $1 m… - Tribal protections for Native seeds: benefit, low. This bill would require the Interior Department to work with Indian Tribes within one year to identify Native American seeds and support tribal seed banks and traditional agriculture systems. Tribes could label information as culturally sensitive or confidential and it would not be disclosed. The b… - VA pays med school for PHS officers: mixed, medium. This bill would let VA pay a Public Health Service officer's tuition and expenses to attend the Uniformed Services University and pay salary while they train. The officer would sign an agreement to serve full time at a VA medical facility for a set period, not to exceed ten years. If the officer do… - U.S.-grown flowers for federal displays: mixed, low. This bill would require that, starting one year after enactment, cut flowers and greens used in public areas of the White House, State Department, and Defense buildings be produced in the United States. Production in U.S. territories or areas under Tribal jurisdiction would count as U.S. produced.… ## Related bills - 119-hr-185: Responsible Legislating Act - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-6039: Commonsense Legislating Act - 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act ## Sources - [119-hjres-143 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/143) ## Related - [119-hr-185: Responsible Legislating Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-185) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-6039: Commonsense Legislating Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6039) - [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038) - [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hjres-143 (as of 2026-09-10).