House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Accountability in Interviews Reform Act
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Tiffany R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2023
- Committee actionJan 18, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 1.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5736.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5736, FAIR Act” on July 29, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 18, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60583
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5736, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5736
- 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 Mr. TIFFANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4501):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Requires interviews conducted by officers and employees of Federal law enforcement agencies to be recorded.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 206 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5736, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1a773e9f99dfb9447369de76a4bc98ce28bccbaeb74231adc0ea00f513b533c8
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. 5736, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.