House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. 1180.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H876):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Government funded projects.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1180, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1180
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe489d50520c8901d70c16212d82a766b010f260157016ba70dbf0f969f2cd79
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. 1180, last updated December 5, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Katie Porter (D-CA), Bryan Steil (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
- H.R. 7521 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- H.R. 5917 (118th) Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
- H.R. 915 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
- H.R. 4577 (118th) Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 1803 (118th) CURD Act
- H.R. 4545 (118th) Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration 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.