House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-140
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2023
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 3, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 5, 2024
- Became lawDec 11, 2024
Latest action: Dec 11, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-140.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5536.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Pages H4381-H4382):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: federal grantsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 112 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5536, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f277f6e46b2684b1b3e30e150a232fb243de4923f406c248a95638fade3eaf9
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5536, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
16 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Ralph Norman (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Roger Williams (R-TX), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Russell Fry.
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- H.R. 7137 (118th) Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024
- H.R. 2553 (118th) No More Political Prosecutions Act of 2023
- H.R. 6625 (118th) Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act
- H.Res. 1533 (118th) Reaffirming United States support of the State of Israel one year after the October 7, 2023, attacks.
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.