House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2024
- Committee actionMar 7, 2024
- Passed HouseMay 6, 2024 · 352–27
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 689.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7525.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7525, Special District Grant Accessibility Act” on December 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on December 9, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61093
- CBO publication date
- December 11, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7525, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7525
- 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: S. Rept. 118-286 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 10, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/286
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7525, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7525
- 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. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):Article I, Section 8 of the Unites States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to agencies requiring special districts to be recognized as local government for the purpose of Federal financial assistance determinations.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 320 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7525, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7525
- 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
22 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
13 of 22 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Donald Davis (D-NC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Katie Porter (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Pete Sessions (R-TX), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pat Fallon.
- H.R. 7867 (118th) REG Budgeting Act of 2024
- H.Res. 8 (118th) Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
- H.R. 6573 (118th) Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act of 2023
- H.R. 1394 (118th) American SAFER Act of 2023
- H.R. 2885 (118th) Ukraine Human Rights Policy Act of 2023
- H.R. 3811 (118th) Veterans Mental and Behavioral Health Quality of Care 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.