House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2023
- Committee actionMay 24, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2023 · 218–203
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 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.R. 357.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 357, Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act” on July 18, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 24, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59387
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/357
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-282 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 29, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/282
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c070e7492ad488362b1f11363a3e16c293fd3cf915867bed66a0687d9c0fd99c
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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. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 11, January 13, 2023, Page H238):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c070e7492ad488362b1f11363a3e16c293fd3cf915867bed66a0687d9c0fd99c
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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
19 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Jared Golden (D-ME), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 358 (118th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 7737 (118th) One Agency Act
- H.R. 903 (118th) Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2023
- H.R. 2933 (118th) Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act
- H.R. 4154 (118th) No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2023
- H.R. 5531 (118th) End U.N. Censorship Act
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.