House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Fiscal Commission Act of 2023

H.R. 5779Introduced Sep 28, 2023Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Bill Huizenga R-MI

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 28, 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 by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 12.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5779.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5779, Fiscal Commission Act of 2024” on January 25, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on January 18, 2024”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 25, 2024 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59797
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January 25, 2024
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H.R. 5779, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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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. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4855):
Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a Fiscal Commission
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5779, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5779
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
185e672e482ba3346193462d21e31d0cbffe118deb02dd604a578a5c007aae74
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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

26 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 13 Democrats

13 of 26 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Ed Case (D-HI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Cory Mills (R-FL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), William Timmons (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-4 district

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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.