House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Equality in the Halls of Congress Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):Pursuant to Article one of the United States Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legislation. The single subject of this legislation is; This bill includes territories in the definition of State for the purposes of the national statuairy collection in the U.S. capitolSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 282 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3251, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
18 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 18 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), James McGovern (D-MA), Cory Mills (R-FL), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Dale Strong (R-AL), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moylan.
- H.Res. 837 (118th) Reaffirming the ties between the United States and the Philippines.
- H.R. 522 (118th) Deliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 1191 (118th) Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
- H.R. 5501 (118th) Combatting Human-Trafficking of Innocent Lives Daily Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1335 (118th) Supporting the designation of July 21, 2024, as "Guam Liberation Day".
- H.Res. 1290 (118th) Recognizing June 12, 2024, as this year's observance of "Philippines Independence Day" to honor the 126th anniversary of the independence…
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.