House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8168.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 106, June 22, 2022, Page H5823):Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to the powers granted under Article IV, Section 3, clause 2, and Article I, Section 8, clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 397 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8168, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8168
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ab82f7961bb32e224d8e65e0b403ebf71ef46f09c30932f58126d7b16f57040
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8168, 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
50 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 50 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Connie Conway (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Young Kim (R-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Susie Lee (D-NV), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Seth Moulton (D-MA) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
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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.