House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Enforce the Caps Act
Official title: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for discretionary spending limits for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Grothman R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4178.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 110, June 26, 2025, Page H3012):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4178, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 September 8, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Grothman.
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- H.R. 8428 (119th) Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act
- H.R. 7362 (119th) Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act
- H.R. 3342 (119th) BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act
- H.R. 2299 (119th) Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025
- H.R. 8736 (119th) Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
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.