House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jun 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4119.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 104, June 14, 2023, Page H2933):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Creates a financial transaction tax on finanial securities.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4119, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4119
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee.
- H.R. 1088 (118th) Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 561 (118th) EACH Act of 2023
- H.R. 1838 (118th) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- H.Con.Res. 44 (118th) Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
- H.R. 932 (118th) To repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
- H.R. 1510 (118th) Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2023
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.