House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-158
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 20, 2024
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 20, 2024 · 366–34
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2024 · 85–11
- To the PresidentDec 21, 2024
- Became lawDec 21, 2024
Latest action: Dec 21, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-158.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10545.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 10545, American Relief Act, 2025” on December 20, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As Introduced on December 20, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61148
- CBO publication date
- December 20, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10545, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 190, December 20, 2024, Page H7415):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . . Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 954 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10545, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed0e6899bf691429ba523b93b3ef0935cee184281194d5bae22f3b892990cf47
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.