House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 3, 2021
- Committee actionDec 9, 2021
- 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. 6140.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6140, Sudan Democracy Act” on February 7, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 10, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57824
- CBO publication date
- February 7, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6140, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
95ea856cc6a93878c10bd6bd7804b3abbccf20dd81f8cfc9b87d2a09e761cc8c
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 Mrs. KIM of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 209, December 3, 2021, Page H6915):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6140, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
95ea856cc6a93878c10bd6bd7804b3abbccf20dd81f8cfc9b87d2a09e761cc8c
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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6140, last updated January 10, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Young Kim.
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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.