House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2022
- Committee actionMay 11, 2022
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2022 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7331.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 57, March 31, 2022, Page H4074):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7331, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4eb3f3292088fb6526cce9feaf7aa41797416c995b2c9413e5fb2be59ba957af
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7331, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), James Comer (R-KY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.