House joint resolution · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 9, 2023 · 260–162
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2023 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 24.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 24, Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022” on February 6, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on January 31, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58932
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 24, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/24
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b632e7858b57c1809b4b9bc947cd662df08f223ba2f682518d01116770d15202
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H579):Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation addresses legislation governing the affairs of the District of Columbia, to which Congress has the power ``to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States . . . The single subject of this legislation is: District of Columbia election lawSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 509 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 24, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/24
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b632e7858b57c1809b4b9bc947cd662df08f223ba2f682518d01116770d15202
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Max Miller (R-OH), Ralph Norman (R-SC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.