House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8370.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Pages H3203-H3204):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 327 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8370, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8370
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- 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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8370, last updated February 4, 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
137 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 125 Democrats
12 of 137 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and 107 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
- H.R. 2577 (118th) DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act
- H.R. 3394 (118th) Fund the TSA Act
- H.Res. 1555 (118th) Condemning the spreading of disinformation and malicious rumors that have led to threats against disaster response personnel.
- H.R. 5775 (118th) Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
- H.R. 5460 (118th) Bolstering Security Against Ghost Guns Act
- H.Res. 1261 (118th) Honoring the service and sacrifices of the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol and their families on its centennial.
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.