House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution Act
Official title: To allow for one-time distributions from certain transportation fringe benefit accounts.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9428.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GILLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4246):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9428, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9428
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 9, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
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Related bills
- S. 4928 (119th) COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 3959 (118th) COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 5525 (118th) COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 7754 (117th) COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 4207 (117th) COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution ActCross-Congress related 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.