House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 29, 2023
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5300.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 140, August 29, 2023, Page H4211):Article I The single subject of this legislation is: Oversight reformSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5300, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c678e0696136c5a86d3191c617b22425a20a3438ab4e3c00e41c124f676400ea
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 December 5, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 114 (118th) In the matter of George Santos.
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.