House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 27.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act” on January 10, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on January 9, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58897
- CBO publication date
- January 10, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 27, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/27
- 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 Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H108):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 27, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/27
- 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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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
31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Kay Granger (R-TX), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), John Joyce (R-PA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
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- H.R. 8314 (118th) No Foreign Election Interference Act
- H.R. 1788 (118th) Goldie’s Act
- H.R. 9274 (118th) SHAWL Act
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.