House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2023
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2024
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2024 · 396–6
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2024 — 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. 5658.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5658, Vote by Mail Tracking Act of 2024” on May 15, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 6, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60301
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5658, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5658
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail-in ballots to use the Postal Service barcode service.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 183 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5658, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5658
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b708ef3e3869a500c6291505d57b7fe146014f6083682beea6f3c1d8330dd22
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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5658, last updated May 27, 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
19 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 9 Democrats
10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), James Comer (R-KY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
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.