House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BEACON Act
Official title: To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General in the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rosa DeLauro D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4557.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeLAURO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 124, July 21, 2025, Page H3527):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4557, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4557
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
22887bafaf3139418a83cd229b8c3c163263d14db91b47d9790360da85fa1a86
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 March 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4557, last updated March 31, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
Related bills
- S. 2219 (119th) BEACON ActIdentical bill
- S. 2838 (119th) Protecting Our Democracy ActRelated 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.