House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2023
- Committee actionMar 7, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2023 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 20.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1376.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1376, COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023” on March 9, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 7, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58992
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1376, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1376
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on March 30, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 2023 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1376, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1376
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e1b5099c84efcc411e906626f5540975478994ffea8c169b4250928a64a6093e
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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. TURNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 41, March 3, 2023, Page H1115):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 173 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1376, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1376
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e1b5099c84efcc411e906626f5540975478994ffea8c169b4250928a64a6093e
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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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Mike Garcia (R-CA), J. Hill (R-AR), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Turner.
- H.R. 6611 (118th) FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 3932 (118th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
- H.R. 8512 (118th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
- H.R. 3350 (118th) Historic Preservation Fund Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 735 (118th) Susan Muffley Act of 2023
- H.R. 2914 (118th) Health Coverage Tax Credit Reauthorization Act of 2023
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.