House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
BE GONE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 27, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 189, October 27, 2021, Page H5959):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5759, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
72 cosponsors — 72 Republicans
0 of 72 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brian Babin (R-TX), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and 42 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.