House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Sound Guidance Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2022
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Latest action: Mar 18, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7151.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 49, March 18, 2022, Page H3854):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7151, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Carey (R-OH), James Comer (R-KY), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Mark Green (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), David Joyce (R-OH), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Burgess Owens (R-UT), August Pfluger (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), John Rose (R-TN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Randy Weber (R-TX), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
- H.R. 1193 (117th) Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act
- H.R. 7314 (117th) AXIS Act
- H.R. 1729 (117th) Fair Access to Banking Act
- H.R. 6894 (117th) No Energy Revenues for Russian Hostilities Act of 2022
- H.R. 1543 (117th) No Social Media Accounts for Terrorists or State Sponsors of Terrorism Act of 2021
- H.R. 790 (117th) TABS Act of 2021
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.