House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
MAGA Act
Official title: To provide for the payment of certain Federal Government employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations and to withhold the payment of salaries to Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Larson D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5802.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 174, October 21, 2025, Page H4548):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5802, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 March 30, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 8694 (119th) Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act
- H.Res. 1059 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the…
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.