House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 41, March 8, 2022, Page H1374):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6970, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6970, last updated February 4, 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
93 cosponsors — 93 Republicans
0 of 93 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) and 63 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.