House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8127.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 71, April 23, 2024, Page H2629):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The HEIRS Act establishes a two-prong grant program to provide legal assistance for heirs' property owners to clear titles, and incentivizes states to adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8127, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8127
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 23, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
caf78f87f2196012c8ebcdb198432f0fd307c36eeabceb01ffadf2ff988a2f35
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. 8127, 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
18 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 17 Democrats
1 of 18 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 1150 (118th) John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act of 2023
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- H.J.Res. 72 (118th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment…
- H.R. 5295 (118th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.Con.Res. 130 (118th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 2987 (118th) Election Mail 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.