House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Stuck On Hold Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6656.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 202, December 7, 2023, Page H6741):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: Directs the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs to introduce a more robust public public phone line policy, that lowers wait time and improves customer service.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 412 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6656, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b5604a8397077d9f83761485d509d3206bc4aada10d667995641593af09613c
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6656, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 4365 (118th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 8774 (118th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
- H.R. 8369 (118th) Israel Security Assistance Support Act
- H.R. 7217 (118th) Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 319 (118th) Legal Workforce Act
- H.R. 7186 (118th) Treatment and Homelessness Housing Integration Act of 2024
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.