House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Committee actionSep 10, 2025
- Passed HouseAug 31, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4465.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4465, a bill to amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors” on February 3, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62061
- CBO publication date
- February 3, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4465, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4465
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHMIDT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3369):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4465, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4465
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. Derek Schmidt.
- H.R. 8352 (119th) Criminal History Access Act of 2026
- H.R. 8065 (119th) Restoring Executive Branch Authorities to Oversee Offices of the United States Attorneys Act of 2026
- H.R. 9298 (119th) Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- H.R. 5364 (119th) STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act
- H.R. 3825 (119th) Kelsey Smith Act
- H.R. 7752 (119th) Kelsey Smith Act
Related bills
- H.R. 7326 (118th) To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related…Cross-Congress related bill
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Sponsor’s state and district
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