House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CLOSE Act
Official title: To amend the CARES Act to terminate unemployment insurance benefit payments under such Act and to rescind unobligated balances of amounts appropriated for the purpose of such payments, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Max Miller R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7306.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 23, February 2, 2026, Page H1949):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7306, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7306
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 12, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Mike Carey (R-OH), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Michael Turner (R-OH).
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Related bills
- S. 3760 (119th) CLOSE ActIdentical bill
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.