House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2022
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2022 · 223–206
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8542.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 125, July 27, 2022, Page H7256):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8542, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b2587fd90d7144beb381851354f756858fe7d72750156a9f441e455868525fe
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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8542, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
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- H.R. 2994 (117th) Accountability for Acting Officials Act
- H.R. 1368 (117th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2021
- H.R. 3216 (117th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create parity for unmarried individuals and heads of household with respect to the temporary…
- H.R. 773 (117th) Medical Debt Relief 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.