House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4791.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JORDAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3890):Section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To protect the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 146 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4791, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4791
- 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. 4791, 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
19 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Jordan.
- H.Res. 12 (118th) Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee…
- H.Res. 1292 (118th) Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal…
- H.Res. 159 (118th) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on the Judiciary in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
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.