House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Return USA Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9953.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 154, October 8, 2024, Page H5861):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would direct OPM to create a federal pilot returnship program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 143 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9953, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
708c6f95f5ca87eb80e6c321d09856469d0873c970621c5c2b4b7458cd8eec5b
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 February 4, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 1468 (118th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men.
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.