House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Guidance Clarity Act of 2025
Official title: To require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Burlison R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee actionMay 21, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 490.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2409.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2409, Guidance Clarity Act of 2025” on July 16, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 21, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61568
- CBO publication date
- July 16, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2409, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2409
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-569 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 24, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/569
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2409, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2409
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a35431774647f81f79a2411a16fbefe504b5aed51d32b1e6361e9f3e4528971b
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):Article I, Section VIII of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2409, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2409
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a35431774647f81f79a2411a16fbefe504b5aed51d32b1e6361e9f3e4528971b
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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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
James Comer (R-KY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Burlison.
Related bills
- S. 81 (119th) Guidance Clarity Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.