House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Taxpayer Funding for Researchers Who Prey on Children Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6177.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRECHEEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 181, November 2, 2023, Page H5363):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit Federal funding for researchers who have conducted a study or experiment relating to gender identity.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6177, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Brecheen.
- H.R. 4467 (118th) DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act
- H.R. 3039 (118th) DRIVE Act
- H.R. 4398 (118th) Patriotism Not Pride Act
- H.R. 4727 (118th) No Obamacare for Illegal Aliens Act of 2023
- H.R. 9080 (118th) Secret Service Readiness Act of 2024
- H.R. 6460 (118th) No Taxpayer Abortions for Unaccompanied Minors 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.