House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2022
- Committee actionJul 13, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8227.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8227, Speak Out Act of 2022” on November 10, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 13, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58760
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8227, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8227
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 108, June 24, 2022, Page H5919):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8227, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8227
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19a6bdb530b4f66453993385926e267b8bc386cb8768e4f20c92558c9d9c8409
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8227, last updated December 5, 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
18 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 12 Democrats
6 of 18 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ken Buck (R-CO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), J. Correa (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), H. Griffith (R-VA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Norma Torres (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Frankel.
- H.R. 6015 (117th) Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4134 (117th) Keeping Girls in School Act
- H.Con.Res. 24 (117th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- H.R. 3586 (117th) Veteran Education Empowerment Act
- H.R. 5842 (117th) EMPOWER Act
- H.R. 1455 (117th) To obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a monument to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court…
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.