House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2024 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cline asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4545, a bill originally introduced by Representative Gallagher, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):The Foreign Commerce Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The Necessary and Proper Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: Clarifying that foreign agents must register their past activity as a foreign agent, even though they no longer are.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 286 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4545, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4545
- 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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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4545, last updated December 5, 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
14 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 14 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Donald Davis (D-NC), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Chip Roy (R-TX), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
- H.R. 7521 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- H.R. 5917 (118th) Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
- H.R. 915 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
- H.R. 4577 (118th) Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 1803 (118th) CURD Act
- H.R. 4865 (118th) IDB Transparency Act
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.