House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of penalty-free distributions to unemployed individuals from retirement plans.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 329.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H93):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 329, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/329
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 18, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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- H.R. 3376 (119th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 1638 (119th) CROWN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4007 (119th) PHARA Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.