House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Default Prevention Act
Official title: To ensure the payment of interest and principal of the debt of the United States.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 182.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H42):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Forest Management throughout the National Forest System to ordinate better management.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 201 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 182, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/182
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 May 20, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock.
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- H.R. 2302 (119th) Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
- H.R. 8454 (119th) To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 175 (119th) Deport Alien Gang Members Act
- H.R. 5437 (119th) Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.