House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
Official title: To impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee actionJan 8, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 8.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6622.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6622, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act” on July 14, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 8, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62569
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6622, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6622
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 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. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6622, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6622
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5c8473e83ffb1acacdd915290641ff6e67a952ca4622f5acb4e9659592109b9
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 14, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 421 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
- H.R. 5874 (119th) Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act
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.