House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2022
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2022
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8956.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 153, September 22, 2022, Page H8114):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8956, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
306452ab6b18208c8638c34fdad1157128262b401e67a9ddc15876374eaf8f28
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. 8956, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
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- H.R. 2617 (117th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
- H.R. 391 (117th) Global Health Security Act of 2021
- H.Res. 831 (117th) Calling on the United States Government to uphold the founding democratic principles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and…
- H.R. 1112 (117th) Protect Democracy in Burma Act of 2021
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.