House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Beagle Brigade Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2023
- Committee actionMay 11, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2023 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1480.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1480, Beagle Brigade Act of 2023” on June 29, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 11, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59338
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1480, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1249):U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cls. 1, 3, 18 The single subject of this legislation is: National Detector Dog Training CenterSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 122 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1480, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1dc470f06675b3237f9e43de8c5c3b3d5bff87bcd291759b6aa611a9f530ce1c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 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
33 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 20 Democrats
13 of 33 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Lisa McClain (R-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Deborah Ross (D-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sanford Bishop.
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- H.R. 9647 (118th) President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 333 (118th) Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
- H.Con.Res. 103 (118th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in honor of the remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Medal of Honor…
- H.Res. 910 (118th) Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
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.