House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →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 the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8867.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 149, September 15, 2022, Page H7883):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8867, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8867
- 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.
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brown (D-MD), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
- H.R. 610 (117th) San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
- H.J.Res. 17 (117th) Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
- H.Res. 789 (117th) Censuring Representative Paul Gosar.
- H.R. 4104 (117th) Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act
- H.R. 3224 (117th) I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021
- H.Res. 891 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the article of amendment (commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment") to the…
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.