House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2024
- Committee actionMay 22, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8296.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8296, GAO Database Modernization Act” on August 26, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 26, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60669
- CBO publication date
- August 26, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8296, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8296
- 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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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 80, May 8, 2024, Page H2998):Article I, Section * The single subject of this legislation is: The bill amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8296, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4678e444ebc62f1cafda4cb142485e19cfa6fc5cfeea1800da52235a27ee5fcb
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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8296, 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
No cosponsors.
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.