House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 26, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 26, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8747.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 139, August 26, 2022, Page H7727):Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 26, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8747, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8747
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8747, last updated January 3, 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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Ron Kind (D-WI), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), David McKinley (R-WV), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carol Miller.
- H.R. 6161 (117th) Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act
- H.Res. 1216 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of June as the "Month of Life".
- H.Con.Res. 7 (117th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol to honor the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Second World War upon death.
- H.R. 3425 (117th) Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act
- H.R. 2046 (117th) Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2021
- H.R. 6114 (117th) U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China Act
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.