House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8609.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 95, June 4, 2024, Page H3656):Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution for the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes the Chief Justice to (1) establish an Office of Ethics Counsel to advise justices on ethical matters, and (2) establish an Office of Investigative Counsel within the Court to probe potential instances of ethical impropriety by justices and report to Congress on compliance.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 650 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8609, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a85d29fd83f861bb8baff742fb7055f140b0322f78c36ad6fae801581ac80e0a
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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8609, last updated January 9, 2026. 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and 4 more.
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.