House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025
Official title: To amend titles 11 and 28, United States Code, to modify the compensation payable to trustees serving in cases under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, to extend the term of certain temporary offices of bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3867.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 99, June 10, 2025, Page H2615):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3867, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3867
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
894a7192e66ad121ca9273c32c07615a96b116b14a258a6d40ff47c16f2b3d03
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 9, 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL), J. Correa (D-CA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mark Harris (R-NC), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), John Mannion (D-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 421 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 6622 (119th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
Related bills
- S. 3424 (119th) Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 1659 (119th) Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.