House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 5, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 23.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H51):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5fe5fbf839216e936d57008f0e96cd4c8a30fb68bc3ccbc15b601bdb0fb609ab
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 23, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Lieu.
- H.R. 711 (117th) West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021
- H.R. 404 (117th) Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act
- H.R. 4526 (117th) City and State Diplomacy Act
- H.R. 4146 (117th) Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1195 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
- H.Res. 490 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
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.