House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-5
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Became law on Jun 3, 2023.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick McHenry R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 31, 2023 · 314–117
- Passed SenateJun 1, 2023 · 63–36
- To the PresidentJun 3, 2023
- Became lawJun 3, 2023
Latest action: Jun 3, 2023 — Became Public Law No: 118-5.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3746.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023” on May 30, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on May 28, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59225
- CBO publication date
- May 30, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3746, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3746
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9423a25ad18791f82d11438e741b1c6453d7e2a0d06f8ac7dbddea0ab76193d3
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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. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 91, May 29, 2023, Page H2649):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Addressing America's debtSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 89 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3746, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3746
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9423a25ad18791f82d11438e741b1c6453d7e2a0d06f8ac7dbddea0ab76193d3
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3746, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
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.