House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 21, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8160.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 105, June 21, 2022, Page H5734):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8160, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Republicans
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Mike Carey (R-OH), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Clay Higgins (R-LA), J. Hill (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), John Joyce (R-PA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Steve Scalise (R-LA) and 6 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.