House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
Official title: To modify the appointment and removal process for certain legislative branch officers, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 1, 2026
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2026 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10204.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 138, September 1, 2026, Page H5425):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as well as Amendment XVISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10204, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10204
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Griffith.
- H.J.Res. 61 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 7211 (119th) To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3632 (119th) Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 6028 (119th) Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
- H.Res. 1075 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy…
- H.Res. 1275 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5625) to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and…
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