House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Thin Blue Line Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 130.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H110):Art. 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 14 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 130, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/130
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eff88548b0371d3f7c882b58b88e5a7fd4e7fcbecc2a1ae5169d7e8539699c7c
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. 130, 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Republicans
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), David Kustoff (R-TN) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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.