House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 19, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8098.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STANSBURY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 69, April 19, 2024, Page H2559):Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8098, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8098
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 23, 2024
- 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 December 23, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8098, last updated December 23, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melanie Stansbury.
- H.R. 5665 (118th) Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act of 2024
- H.R. 3031 (118th) America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
- H.R. 5871 (118th) Rail Worker and Community Safety Act
- H.R. 6768 (118th) Public Health Nursing Act
- H.Con.Res. 47 (118th) Expressing the need for the Senate to provide advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
- H.R. 7811 (118th) Postsecondary Student Success Act of 2024
Related bills
- S. 5618 (119th) Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2026Cross-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.