House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 26, 2023
- Committee actionNov 2, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2023 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6068.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6068, Clergy Act” on November 20, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways on Means on November 2, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59774
- CBO publication date
- November 20, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6068, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6068
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-288 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 1, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/288
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6068, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6068
- 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. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 177, October 26, 2023, Page H5175):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: To allow a period in which members of the clergy may revoke their exemption from Social Security coverage, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6068, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6068
- 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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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
13 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
- H.Res. 11 (118th) Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
- H.Res. 328 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 523 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 593 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.R. 2989 (118th) Save Our Sequoias Act
- H.R. 5617 (118th) Space Transformation And Reliability Act
Related bills
- H.R. 227 (119th) Clergy ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.