House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Government Bailout Prevention Act
Official title: To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to State and local governments and school districts for payment of obligations, to prohibit the Federal Reserve banks, the Department of the Treasury, and other Federal agencies from financially assisting State and local governments and school districts that have defaulted on their obligations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Steube R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 15, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9324.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 100, June 15, 2026, Page H4118):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9324, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9324
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Steube.
- H.R. 5366 (119th) Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
- H.R. 6495 (119th) Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
- H.R. 9498 (119th) Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
- H.R. 28 (119th) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- H.R. 1028 (119th) Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
- H.R. 539 (119th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4629 (119th) Government Bailout Prevention ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.