House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4867.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 112, June 27, 2023, Pages H3151-H3152):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 964 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4867, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4867
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2024
- 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 July 23, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4867, last updated July 23, 2024. 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
46 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 25 Democrats
21 of 46 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mary Miller (R-IL) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.