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: Sep 21, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5620.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4457):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Waives passport fees for certain classes of individualsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5620, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d0a9cf9e0d380ca02646604ae4a444ec43e8e0c3eea37ed176a0f9461071129
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5620, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
15 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 15 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1505 (118th) No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023
- H.R. 423 (118th) Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023
- H.R. 6610 (118th) Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act
- H.R. 6443 (118th) Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 1753 (118th) To ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service.
- H.R. 1631 (118th) Pro Codes 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.