House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
CEDS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5825.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4857):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the consideration of care in the work of economic development districts.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 262 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5825, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5825
- 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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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 May 27, 2025). 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
12 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 11 Democrats
1 of 12 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
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- H.R. 5295 (118th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.Con.Res. 130 (118th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 2987 (118th) Election Mail Act
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.