House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 5, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 12, 2024 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 175 - 225, 1 Present (Roll no. 457).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5342.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 142, September 5, 2023, Page H4223):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Reforming the benefit formula used by Social Security to calculate benefits for certain workers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 5, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 335 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5342, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5342
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e079d29e99575a817adcc77e1277e507bd53d5098227737e8805f4405be23661
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 May 27, 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
37 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 37 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Kay Granger (R-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Robert Latta (R-OH), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Carol Miller (R-WV), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Troy Nehls (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jodey Arrington.
- H.R. 2811 (118th) Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
- H.R. 2407 (118th) Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- H.R. 3358 (118th) Mission not Emissions Act
- H.R. 8372 (118th) Debt Per Taxpayer Information Act
- H.R. 3209 (118th) I–27 Numbering Act of 2023
- H.R. 8246 (118th) Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
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.