House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Steel R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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. 1146.
- 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. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H868):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: National SecuritySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 80 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1146, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1146
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
573a74b5e36b80c74529589cf2cc01f95f987b7146125399edaa654a8a15a75a
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 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1146, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Aaron Bean (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mary Miller (R-IL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.