House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Office of Strategic Capital in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4952.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4033):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Authorizes the aformentioned office to identify and invest in entities to accelerate the reserach, development, and procurement of assets vital to national security.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 228 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4952, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4952
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
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- H.R. 8811 (118th) America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 1477 (118th) Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
- H.R. 223 (118th) Adoption Information Act
- H.R. 5067 (118th) Empowering Electric Grid Reliability 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.