House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Falun Gong Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2023
- Committee actionJun 22, 2023
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4132.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4132, Falun Gong Protection Act” on June 28, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 21, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59290
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4132, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 104, June 14, 2023, Page H2934):Article 1 section 9 ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: HFACSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 304 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4132, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef071250adcc4f1c3e72cf5a9f17d7c99f2245f515d83aee7ace91ca9f67430b
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4132, last updated May 27, 2025. 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
18 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 18 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), John Curtis (R-UT), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL), George Santos (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry.
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- H.R. 6277 (118th) FASTA Reform Act of 2023
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- H.R. 1162 (118th) Accountability for Government Censorship Act
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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.