House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2023
- Committee actionDec 6, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2023 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 248.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6570.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-307 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 11, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/307
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6570, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56e52304e8fce7244cb91831398c063d96fca055f9cfe4762f7f2c76ad030738
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 199, December 4, 2023, Page H6110):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this bill is to amend the Foreign intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to reform certain authorities and to provide greater transparency and oversight.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 238 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6570, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56e52304e8fce7244cb91831398c063d96fca055f9cfe4762f7f2c76ad030738
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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
33 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 33 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs.
- H.R. 115 (118th) Midnight Rules Relief Act
- H.R. 10062 (118th) Freedom to Petition the Government Act
- H.R. 7533 (118th) Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act
- H.R. 79 (118th) WHO Withdrawal Act
- H.R. 2928 (118th) Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2023
- H.Res. 89 (118th) Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
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.