House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2022
- Committee actionSep 14, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8153.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8153, Indo-Pacific Engagement Act” on September 23, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 15, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58492
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8153, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 105, June 21, 2022, Page H5734):Article I, Section 8: Powers of the CongressSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8153, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b1d1db823b9d47294b64f5c1217a6d72f6903698194a71dafaa31f1c9071464
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8153, last updated April 7, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), William Keating (D-MA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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.