House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cost-of-Living Fairness Act
Official title: To require payments for certain insurance policy premiums to be taken into account in determining eligibility for benefits or assistance provided through Federal funds, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TLAIB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4503):Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5612, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- 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 November 18, 2025). 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.