House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1518.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 39, March 2, 2021, Page H1015):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1518, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1518
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1518, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
49 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 49 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), J. Hill (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), John Katko (R-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.