Senate bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2022
- Committee actionMay 25, 2022
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2022 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4254.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4254, Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act” on August 23, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 25, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 23, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58413
- CBO publication date
- August 23, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4254, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4254
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26642f47b71c2b128aa57e120ffa645fef58cc013f5c4788f083a4c6b7e9eec3
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 117-150 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 20, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/150
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4254, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4254
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26642f47b71c2b128aa57e120ffa645fef58cc013f5c4788f083a4c6b7e9eec3
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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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Gary Peters (D-MI), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 4007 (117th) Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2022
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.