House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8563.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EMMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 126, July 28, 2022, Page H7406):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8563, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65563d00daf60bde36f5669b69defa5610d24ebbc58ac42a8f04663aa72657ae
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Blake Moore (R-UT), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Chip Roy (R-TX), John Rutherford (R-FL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), W. Steube (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Emmer.
- H.R. 6218 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, Minnesota, as the "W.O.C. Kort Miller…
- H.R. 2311 (117th) Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2021
- H.R. 3820 (117th) Firearm Due Process Protection Act
- H.Res. 1387 (117th) Recognizing the 50th anniversary of National Hunting and Fishing Day.
- H.R. 5995 (117th) Pregnancy Loss Mental Health Research Act of 2021
- H.R. 7645 (117th) Emergency Rental Assistance Accountability and Transparency 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.