House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7798.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 84, May 17, 2022, Page H5098):Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7798, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bob Good (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Jody Hice (R-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Billy Long (R-MO), Brian Mast (R-FL), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX) and 1 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.