House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026
Official title: To amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of settlement agreements, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2026
- Committee actionMar 18, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7934.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7934, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act” on May 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 18, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62441
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7934, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7934
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 19, 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. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 47, March 16, 2026, Page H2530):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7934, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7934
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 19, 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 committee report (as of May 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7934, last updated May 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.