House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Restoring Executive Branch Authorities to Oversee Offices of the United States Attorneys Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to restore authority to the executive branch to oversee operations of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2026
- Committee actionMar 26, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 11.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8065.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8065, Restoring Executive Branch Authorities to Oversee Offices of the United States Attorneys Act” on July 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62579
- CBO publication date
- July 16, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8065, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
414c148182fb8b6245da9b1f54f86f01bacb8615a6d7a0bdd7b899ea59dc281b
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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. SCHMIDT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 55, March 24, 2026, Page H2676):section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8065, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
414c148182fb8b6245da9b1f54f86f01bacb8615a6d7a0bdd7b899ea59dc281b
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.