House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Grant Accountability Act
Official title: To impose limitations on the amount of indirect costs allowable under Federal research awards to institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 420.
- 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):Article I Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 420, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42a29894ae5065ded2a7151080dc0b3a5b2bd99fd23d61eebf303bcc51306299
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 September 19, 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
No cosponsors.
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.