House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
The Senator Jose ‘Pedo’ Terlaje HITA Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):Using authorities delegated by Article 1 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Strip the PACE Act from the 2018 Farm bill, legalizing cockfighting in the US TerritoriesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 196 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5650, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 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 24, 2024). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moylan.
- H.Res. 837 (118th) Reaffirming the ties between the United States and the Philippines.
- H.R. 522 (118th) Deliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 1191 (118th) Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
- H.R. 5501 (118th) Combatting Human-Trafficking of Innocent Lives Daily Act of 2023
- H.R. 3251 (118th) Equality in the Halls of Congress Act
- H.Res. 1335 (118th) Supporting the designation of July 21, 2024, as "Guam Liberation Day".
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.