House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7214.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 53, March 24, 2022, Page H3864):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7214, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- 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 January 10, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Lieu.
- H.R. 711 (117th) West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021
- H.R. 23 (117th) Inspector General Protection Act
- H.R. 404 (117th) Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act
- H.R. 4526 (117th) City and State Diplomacy Act
- H.R. 4146 (117th) Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1195 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
Related bills
- S. 3918 (119th) Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.