House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. 2991.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 72, April 28, 2023, Page H2119):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To eliminate the prohibition on training teachers with effective defensive tools.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2991, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2991, last updated July 21, 2025. 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Barry Moore (R-AL), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andrew Ogles.
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- H.R. 5806 (118th) Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2023
- H.R. 812 (118th) Inflation Reduction Act of 2023
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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.