House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 301.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution =========================== NOTE =========================== January 11, 2023, on page H205, in the third column, the following appeared: By Mr ROSS: H.R. 301. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The online version has been corrected to read: By Mr ROSE: H.R. 301. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution ========================= END NOTE =========================Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 606 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 301, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/301
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e9b1828a25a2d85200969ddb4800da7964f591ea9ddd8ffda0f71c48f80a013
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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 301, last updated June 11, 2024. 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Bob Good (R-VA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Thomas Massie (R-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rose.
- H.R. 1437 (118th) Black Vulture Relief Act of 2024
- H.R. 3161 (118th) CDFI Fund Transparency Act
- H.R. 7297 (118th) Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
- H.Res. 341 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is important to maintain cash as a robust and viable payment option.
- H.Res. 1561 (118th) Condemning President Biden's remarks referring to President Trump's supporters as "garbage".
- H.R. 3398 (118th) Safe Access to Cash 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.