House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act
Official title: To amend the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to simplify the filing of Form 5500 for employee benefit plan administrators.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Grothman R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2026
- Committee actionMay 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 12.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7362.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7362, Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act” on October 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on May 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62838
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7362, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16c447ceeb3811ef232c63598dd324df48799738d7e28cbfc00f1c77ff4c293f
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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. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 25, February 4, 2026, Page H2032):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7362, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7362
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16c447ceeb3811ef232c63598dd324df48799738d7e28cbfc00f1c77ff4c293f
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 6, 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
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Randy Fine (R-FL), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mark Harris (R-NC), Mark Messmer (R-IN), James Moylan (R-GU), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), John Rose (R-TN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Grothman.
- H.R. 5346 (119th) Fair and Accountable IRS Reviews Act
- H.R. 8428 (119th) Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act
- H.R. 3342 (119th) BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act
- H.R. 2299 (119th) Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025
- H.R. 8736 (119th) Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
- H.R. 2193 (119th) FEHB Protection Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.