House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 2022
- Committee actionJul 28, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2022 — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8259, Arms Exports Delivery Solutions Act” on September 6, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 28, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 6, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58445
- CBO publication date
- September 6, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8259, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2147c81ad270a687ad00bba941302e13813b0884094534ba95867acbddf1e43
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 Mrs. KIM of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 110, July 1, 2022, Page H5930):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 1, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8259, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2147c81ad270a687ad00bba941302e13813b0884094534ba95867acbddf1e43
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. 8259, 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
11 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ken Buck (R-CO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Mark Green (R-TN), Brian Mast (R-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN).
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.