House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act
Official title: To require the head of an agency to issue and sign any rule issued by that agency, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 418.
- 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. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 418, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Mark Green (R-TN), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), W. Steube (R-FL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
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
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.