House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Equality for Families with Disabilities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2022 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6612)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8335.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 114, July 12, 2022, Page H5975):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8335, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8335
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Langevin.
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- H.Res. 99 (117th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
- H.R. 4938 (117th) REAADI for Disasters Act
- H.Res. 812 (117th) Supporting a diplomatic boycott of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and XIII Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, and encouraging the…
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.