House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 252.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H152):Article I Section 5Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 252, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84dafa3912afdc3dea8b6fa4ab7b7e05e4e90ff13eb1f84146a46c536a0c7aac
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 252, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Young Kim (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Barry Moore (R-AL), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.