House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit a mask mandate to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on a military installation in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Norman R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1469.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1208):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from imposing any federal mask mandate policies pertaining to COVID-19 on military installations located in the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 227 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1469, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 6, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Mary Miller (R-IL), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman.
- H.J.Res. 11 (118th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.R. 9714 (118th) CBO Oversight Act
- H.R. 4655 (118th) Businesses Over Activists Act
- H.J.Res. 59 (118th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor…
- H.R. 632 (118th) Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2023
- H.R. 1470 (118th) No Federal Funds for Abortion Travel Expenses 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.