House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Government by the People Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2024
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: May 24, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8572.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 91, May 24, 2024, Page H3530):Article I, Section 4 The single subject of this legislation is: campaign financeSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 80 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8572, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8572
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 26, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
22572ea3847b71a819c793ae68feaab71b0c772cee01193e09dfa4f6aa9017f6
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 September 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8572, last updated September 26, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
- H.R. 4770 (118th) Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023
- H.R. 5380 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage.
- H.R. 11 (118th) Freedom to Vote Act
- H.R. 5813 (118th) Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2023
- H.R. 5045 (118th) Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act
- H.R. 2784 (118th) No Child Left Inside Act of 2023
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.