House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2024
- Committee actionSep 18, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 765.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8505.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8505, Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act” on November 21, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61029
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8505, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 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: H. Rept. 118-935 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 19, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/935
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8505, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 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 Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Pages H3484-H3485):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would give the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration more authority to protect consumers from fraud in the interstate transportation of household goods.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8505, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 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
24 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 10 Democrats
14 of 24 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), A. Ferguson (R-GA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Michael Guest (R-MS), J. Hill (R-AR), John Joyce (R-PA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Mary Peltola (D-AK), John Rutherford (R-FL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), David Valadao (R-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
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.