House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2024 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Fong asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5617, a bill originally introduced by Representative McCarthy, 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. 5617.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4457):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the learning period for commercial human space flight.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5617, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5617
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 29, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
808ae5a4de4454b2d4f907633a83738892dafaa0a2a6160ed97fb0d13ac6e554
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 29, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5617, last updated July 29, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Michael McCaul (R-TX), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
- H.Res. 11 (118th) Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
- H.Res. 328 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 523 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.Res. 593 (118th) Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
- H.R. 2989 (118th) Save Our Sequoias Act
- H.R. 6068 (118th) Clergy 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.