House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Sanctions Evasion Whistleblower Rewards Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 21, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4234.
- 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. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3072):Article 1, Section 8 =========================== NOTE =========================== On page H3072, June 21, 2023, in the first column, the following appeared: By Mr WILSON of South Carolina: H.R. 4284. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 The online Record has been corrected to read: By Mr WILSON of South Carolina: H.R. 4234. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 ========================= END NOTE ========================= The single subject of this legislation is: To amend State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards under the Department of State's…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 836 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4234, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4234
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d83e9ad82b1d95a1dac5cf165c456b51710ae6397f4fa57bbc1c199478fb347b
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 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Dean Phillips (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
- H.R. 3202 (118th) Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023
- H.R. 5826 (118th) No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
- H.Res. 132 (118th) Responding to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023.
- H.R. 8566 (118th) MEGOBARI Act
- H.R. 3792 (118th) U.S.-Israel Partnership and Abraham Accords Enhancement Act of 2023
- H.R. 1777 (118th) United States-Israel Future of Warfare 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.