House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for Exonerees Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10442.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 187, December 17, 2024, Page H7319):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Judiciary.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 89 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10442, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
68be9812c20c8f2b2a55bee8f5a55f818f08d56aa14ef23577408341cdb5e18e
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 July 14, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Danny Davis (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Erica Lee Carter (D-TX), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 4768 (118th) No Russian Agriculture Act
- H.R. 2796 (118th) Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
- H.R. 1161 (118th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 5523 (118th) Financial Access Improvements Act
- H.R. 6365 (118th) Stopping Illicit Oil Shipments Act of 2023
- H.R. 7462 (118th) Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.