Ranked Choice Voting Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9578.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 142, September 12, 2024, Page H5231):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: to establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  284 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9578, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9578

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fbe2b89d21ccaf3c04918146794211a96dc5a86dfcd2bcb60d6fe656c5bf12f

  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 November 15, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9578, last updated November 15, 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.