House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Political Accountability and Transparency Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 20, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 20, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9392.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 132, August 20, 2024, Page H5001):Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the restrictions on the use of campaign funds for personal use to the funds of leadership PACs and other political committees, to clarify the treatment of certain coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, to require the sponsors of certain political advertisements to identify the source of funds used for theSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 470 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9392, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9392
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 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 October 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9392, last updated October 10, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
- H.R. 5658 (118th) Vote by Mail Tracking Act
- H.R. 5509 (118th) Electronic Permitting Modernization Act
- H.R. 3386 (118th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 6451 (118th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2023
- H.R. 1602 (118th) SVB Act
- H.R. 6003 (118th) Medical Debt Relief 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.