House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee actionApr 21, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2022 · 421–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2022 — Star Print ordered on the bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 496.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 496, Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act” on May 5, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57187
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87c539cdf00e2f258e67ae244bf6e0198bfe3f6b229aee41e502f1dbb610bff5
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H250):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87c539cdf00e2f258e67ae244bf6e0198bfe3f6b229aee41e502f1dbb610bff5
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 496, 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
24 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 24 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Scott Perry (R-PA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
- H.R. 1036 (117th) Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act
- H.R. 1275 (117th) National Right-to-Work Act
- H.R. 1535 (117th) Foreign Influence Transparency Act
- H.R. 3646 (117th) Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
- H.R. 6876 (117th) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
- H.R. 625 (117th) Military Child Educational Freedom Act
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.