House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2023
- Committee actionMay 10, 2023
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2023 · 255–175
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2023 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2494.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2494, POLICE Act of 2023” on May 11, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 10, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59155
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2494, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 118-55 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/55
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2494, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16d5e1b627c65cd97af3db477c5cb46b361078af08dfd1f062d54302869921b
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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. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Page H1710):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly state that assaulting a law enforcement officer is a deportable offense.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 306 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2494, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16d5e1b627c65cd97af3db477c5cb46b361078af08dfd1f062d54302869921b
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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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 8675 (118th) Repair of the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Act of 2024
- H.R. 549 (118th) Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
- H.R. 3005 (118th) Postal Police Reform Act of 2023
- H.R. 1294 (118th) 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction 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.