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: Jun 22, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PASCRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 106, June 22, 2022, Page H5823):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8188, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b6eed63b212f137367b486fd2ded68fad7f5641a13d74152ada6806ec5cf8aa6
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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8188, last updated January 21, 2026. 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
26 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 14 Democrats
12 of 26 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Richard Hudson (R-NC), John Joyce (R-PA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Scott Peters (D-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Pascrell.
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- H.R. 4024 (117th) Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021
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.