House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 9223.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 166, October 21, 2022, Pages H8409-H8410):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9223, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/9223
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2155b5a93c6e619103e0cd8506709187d8a4656c7e414cffb131d9fc6698ce76
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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9223, last updated February 4, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shontel Brown (D-OH), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 5577 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R.…
- H.R. 8681 (117th) John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act of 2022
- H.R. 5547 (117th) CEDS Act
- H.Res. 1382 (117th) Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1906, in which White supremacist mobs brutalized, terrorized, and killed…
- H.R. 8770 (117th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.R. 5606 (117th) Return Home to Housing Act
Related bills
- H.R. 8950 (119th) REPORTS ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.