House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2023
- Passed HouseApr 17, 2023 · 405–6
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2023 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1151.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1151, Upholding Sovereignty of Airspace Act” on March 22, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 28, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59015
- CBO publication date
- March 22, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1151, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H875):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To hold the People's Republic of China accountable for the violation of United States airspace and sovereignty with its high-altitude surveillance balloon.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 239 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1151, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
507ffe1cd9ebd781576186661744a82b287edea2a19eca5e5717c5f6d5cb20bb
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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1151, last updated May 27, 2025. 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Michael McCaul (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.
- H.R. 1684 (118th) Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023
- H.R. 7701 (118th) No Russian Tunnel to Crimea Act
- H.R. 5375 (118th) Strengthening the Quad Act
- H.R. 2795 (118th) Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act
- H.R. 3246 (118th) Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023
- H.R. 8936 (118th) Rohingya GAP Act
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.