House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SHOW UP Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 1, 2023 · 221–206
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2023 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 139.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 139, SHOW UP Act” on January 30, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on January 9, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58920
- CBO publication date
- January 30, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 139, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/139
- 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. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H110):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the . . . Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 263 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 139, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/139
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ce66b800e3d551a9ecd45e3eb0e2d91e0ab4dc73ddb93ab3ee1887ab54e8b80
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Lisa McClain (R-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), John Rose (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Comer.
- H.R. 4984 (118th) D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act
- H.R. 140 (118th) Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act
- H.R. 890 (118th) GOOD Act
- H.R. 9598 (118th) Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 9597 (118th) Federal Acquisition Security Council Improvement Act of 2024
- H.J.Res. 24 (118th) Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.
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.