House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Midnight Rules Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee actionSep 19, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 17, 2024 · 210–201
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — 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.R. 115.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-862 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 11, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/862
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 115, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/115
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- 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. BIGGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H110):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 115, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/115
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a51ca437eea625907a62c0e0441b104dc4e25fd4c0d5beb08fbd9e9c64e1c546
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Blake Moore (R-UT), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs.
- H.R. 6570 (118th) Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023
- H.R. 10062 (118th) Freedom to Petition the Government Act
- H.R. 7533 (118th) Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act
- H.R. 79 (118th) WHO Withdrawal Act
- H.R. 2928 (118th) Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2023
- H.Res. 89 (118th) Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Related bills
- H.R. 77 (119th) Midnight Rules Relief ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.