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: Sep 15, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8868.
- 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. 149, September 15, 2022, Page H7883):Article I, 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. 8868, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8868, last updated December 5, 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
23 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 23 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Ben Cline (R-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Joyce (R-OH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), David Rouzer (R-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), David Trone (D-MD), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Susan Wild (D-PA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Steel.
- H.R. 5468 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue, in Westminster, California, as the "General…
- 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. 8631 (117th) Taiwan Democracy Defense Lend-Lease 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.