House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 6, 2023
- Committee actionSep 11, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6242.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6242, VOTES Act of 2023” on December 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on September 11, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61139
- CBO publication date
- December 18, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6242, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 18, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc400c1c6e2e152c8ef69a1972abf046a1b19a1c34d23d7b8a0945a20f90573b
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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. FROST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 183, November 6, 2023, Pages H5466-H5467):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to expand coverage of the definition of absent uniformed services voter.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 244 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6242, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 18, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc400c1c6e2e152c8ef69a1972abf046a1b19a1c34d23d7b8a0945a20f90573b
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 December 18, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6242, last updated December 18, 2024. 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
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.