House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Budgeting for a Better America Act
Official title: To implement reforms to the budget and appropriations process in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Womack R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. 9452.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4247):Article 1, Section 5, clause 2 Article 1, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9452, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9452
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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 October 2, 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
18 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 18 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Donald Davis (D-NC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Jared Golden (D-ME), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack.
- H.R. 1107 (119th) Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 2312 (119th) Tipped Employee Protection Act
- H.R. 4552 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 9170 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.Con.Res. 12 (119th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.R. 3028 (119th) Duty Drawback Clarification Act
Related bills
- H.R. 222 (119th) Sustainable Budget Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.