House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5672.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 154, September 22, 2023, Page H4463):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Making continuring appropriations for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 187 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5672, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5672
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 8, 2026). 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Jim Costa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), James Moylan (R-GU), Dean Phillips (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
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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.