House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To provide for the closure of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office located in New York City, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Tiffany R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 2865.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIFFANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Page H1950):Article 1 , Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign relationsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 82 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2865, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b5b8989249b7d903c9586f70851852a19f98117bd18652a0c34cfe4105518c4
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 December 16, 2024). 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lance Gooden (R-TX), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7341 (118th) To make technical amendments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary to improve the Code.
- H.R. 5736 (118th) Federal Accountability in Interviews Reform 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.