House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 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. 311.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 10, January 12, 2023, Page H234):Clause 18 of Section 8 Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 311, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/311
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 311, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Earl Carter (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Mark Green (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Brian Mast (R-FL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
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.