House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Taiwan Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Steel R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8631.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 127, July 29, 2022, Page H7540):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8631, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 6, 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
20 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 20 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Mark Green (R-TN), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Steel.
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- H.R. 5981 (117th) Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021
- H.R. 4190 (117th) Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud Protection Act
- H.R. 6913 (117th) SNOOP Act of 2022
- H.R. 8868 (117th) Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2022
- H.Res. 153 (117th) Condemning recent hate crimes committed against Asian-American and Pacific Islanders.
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.