House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish a uniform 60-day congressional review period for District of Columbia laws, to clarify the expedited procedures applicable to consideration of resolutions of disapproval of District of Columbia laws, to authority the use of resolutions of disapproval to disapprove provisions of District of Columbia laws and District of Columbia executive orders and regulations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Gosar R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee actionSep 10, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 396.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5183.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5183, District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025” on October 3, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61797
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5183, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5183
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-463 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on January 27, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/463
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5183, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5183
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, provides Congress with the exclusive jurisdiction over the District of ColumbiaSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 112 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5183, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5183
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Comer (R-KY), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Clay Higgins (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
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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.