House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Voter Empowerment Act of 2024

H.R. 9727Introduced Sep 20, 2024Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedSep 20, 2024
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 20, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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. 9727.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 147, September 20, 2024, Page H5562):
Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Voting Rights
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2024 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 21, 2025). 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

14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats

0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Clyburn.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Carolina in Congress · SC-6 district

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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.