House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2022
- Committee actionJul 28, 2022
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2022
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8503.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8503, Securing Global Telecommunications Act” on August 12, 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, August 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58373
- CBO publication date
- August 12, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8503, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 Ms. MANNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 124, July 26, 2022, Page H7171):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8503, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a31fdec7dc707510f0c277dbf47ca5fd16183740d9b89d6f5157e0cc0107e63e
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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8503, last updated May 28, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Young Kim (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathy Manning.
- H.R. 8373 (117th) Right to Contraception Act
- H.Res. 547 (117th) Calling for the continued support of Afghan women and girls after the drawdown of American troops.
- H.Res. 1155 (117th) Expressing support for contraceptive rights and access in the United States and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives…
- H.R. 6612 (117th) Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act
- H.R. 5526 (117th) Improving Mental Health and Wellness in Schools Act
- H.R. 8229 (117th) Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022
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.