3.0.0 2716 2026-02-11T16:51:51Z 2026-02-11T16:51:51Z House H HR 2025-04-08 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2716 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:H.R. 2716.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congresshas the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or any Department or Officerthereof''[Page H1508]</pre> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Reported By 2026-01-07T21:20:28Z Markup By 2025-12-10T15:11:54Z Referred To 2025-04-08T14:03:05Z H. Rept. 119-426 119 269 S 2026-02-10 Became Public Law No: 119-77. Identical bill CRS 2026-01-07 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00371 2026-01-07 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-426. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2026-01-07 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-426. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2025-12-10 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0. Committee 2025-12-10 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-04-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2025-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001077 Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] Clay Higgins R LA 3 N M001204 Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] Daniel Meuser R PA 9 2025-12-09 False M001215 Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] Mariannette Miller-Meeks R IA 1 2025-12-16 False Social Welfare Disability assistance 2025-12-17T18:41:35Z Intergovernmental relations 2025-12-17T18:41:35Z Social security and elderly assistance 2025-12-17T18:41:35Z Social Welfare 2025-05-05T13:26:13Z Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 2026-01-08T06:08:15Z H House Reported in House RH Display Title 45 2025-04-17T10:08:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2025-04-17T10:08:17Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 2025-04-17T10:03:23Z Introduced in House IH Reported in House 2026-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2716rh/xml/BILLS-119hr2716rh.xml Introduced in House 2025-04-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2716ih/xml/BILLS-119hr2716ih.xml 2026-01-07 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.