House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6625.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 201, December 6, 2023, Page H6209):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign SurveillanceSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 109 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6625, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
847c82fc46863f7a2637b6a3fcbcb5b1e10572a0cc01b052ba34789478421bf3
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 June 6, 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
21 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 21 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), James Moylan (R-GU), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rose (R-TN), William Timmons (R-SC), Randy Weber (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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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.