House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Let Freedom Sing Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 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. 4003.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2809):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To allow for the National Anthem to be sung without restriction in the U.S. CapitolSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4003, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2a2868fef6a3f3cb1784e37d74ed44b7184a9048395ad9746808c90359ec8b08
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 February 4, 2025). 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tim Burchett (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Nancy Mace (R-SC), James Moylan (R-GU), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.