House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Limit on Sweeping Executive Reorganization Act
Official title: To restore and affirm the constitutional prerogative and responsibility of Congress to exercise the exclusive legislative powers of Congress under article I of the Constitution of the United States to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers of Congress under article I and all other powers vested by the Constitution of the United States in the Government of the United Sates, or in any department or officer thereof.
Sponsor: Rep. James Walkinshaw D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5249.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Clause 18 of Section 8, Article I, United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5249, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 18, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA).
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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.