House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2026
Official title: To require Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to report information related to allegations of misconduct of law enforcement officers to the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Beyer D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7278.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 22, January 30, 2026, Page H1922):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7278, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 20, 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 20, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
- H.J.Res. 63 (119th) Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".
- H.R. 1657 (119th) Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025
- H.R. 2033 (119th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.R. 6617 (119th) Keeping All Students Safe Act
- H.R. 9047 (119th) Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act
- H.R. 3505 (119th) Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.