HR 7129 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Put America on Commission Act of 2024

Introduced Jan 30, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Roger Williams R-TX

Latest action · Feb 23, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 30, 2024
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2024 to Jan 31, 2024; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Aaron Bean	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-UT	Celeste Maloy	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-AZ	Elijah Crane	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Jan 30, 2024
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-NY	Marcus J. Molinaro	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-MO	Mark Alford	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-NY	Nick LaLota	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-TX	Wesley Hunt	Original	Jan 30, 2024
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jan 31, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Small Business Committee	Referred Jan 30, 2024Markup Jan 31, 2024Reported Feb 23, 2024

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 23, 2024Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-399.
Feb 23, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.
Jan 31, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 31, 2024Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 0.
Jan 30, 2024Introduced in House

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 118-399

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 12, 2024H.R. 7129, Put America on Commission Act of 2024As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on February 23, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: To establish the Office of Whistleblower Awards at SBA.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 17, January 30, 2024, page H316.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 118-038	MARKUP OF: H.R. 5450, THE ENHANCING COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ORDERS ACT; H.R. 6591, THE ENCOURAGING SUCCESS ACT; H.R. 7102, THE NATIVE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITY ACT; H.R. 7103, THE AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2024; H.R. 6156, THE CHILD CARE SMALL BUSINESS INSIGHT AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2023; H.R. 7104, THE NATIONAL SBDC ADVISORY BOARD IMPROVEMENT ACT; H.R. 7105, THE WOSB CERTIFICATION AND OPPORTUNITY EXPANSION ACT; H.R. 7128, THE WOSB INTEGRITY ACT OF 2024; AND H.R. 7129, THE PUT AMERICA ON COMMISSION ACT OF 2024.170 pages	Small Business Committee	Jan 31, 2024

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

About this bill 1

Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IN12323	Overview of the Put America on Commission Act of 2024 (H.R. 7129) Archived	Insight	Mar 1, 2024

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Whistleblower Awards, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Put America on Commission Act of 2024
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Put America on Commission Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 23, 2024Reported in House
Jan 30, 2024Introduced in House

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