House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7705.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 78, May 10, 2022, Page H4798):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7705, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d5cc9f3adb3f1b25ce8649107a95b10b9adac3c6ffb50426655a42e3e140c4e
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7705, last updated December 5, 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
25 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 25 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Lisa McClain (R-MI), David McKinley (R-WV), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Ralph Norman (R-SC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Michael Simpson (R-ID), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), William Timmons (R-SC).
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.