House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8862.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 149, September 15, 2022, Page H7883):Artcile 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8862, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
997af79809bf0df52ec46b549c1b79a76b250b2f7c91b56a7d9d12126a05fc91
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 July 21, 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Norma Torres (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.