House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8605.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 95, June 4, 2024, Page H3656):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules governing the State administration of self-employment assistance programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 200 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8605, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8605
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- 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 December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.