House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Bailouts for Reparations Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4321.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 110, June 23, 2023, Page H3143):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibiting federal funding to bail out states or municipalities that would implement reparation programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4321, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4321
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
274a612694a91a7906d99e0e3bc95afb0087b542ca4f2b59f8ee839e98620cf4
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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Keith Self (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 272 (118th) ASTRO Act
- H.R. 6131 (118th) Commercial Space Act of 2023
- H.R. 1202 (118th) REDI Act
- H.R. 6612 (118th) Birthright Citizenship Act of 2023
- H.R. 231 (118th) Terminate TikTok on Campus Act of 2023
- H.Res. 622 (118th) Honoring the efforts of the Coast Guard for excellence in maritime border security.
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.