House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
PROTECT Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6834.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 206, December 14, 2023, Page H6988):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: PFASSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 183 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6834, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
62262e03ea376dc8960139095d5aa92805909ac570abfe6f0941080a021d303e
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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6834, last updated January 16, 2025. 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Haley Stevens.
- H.Res. 793 (118th) Calling on Hamas to immediately release hostages taken during October 2023 attack on Israel.
- H.Res. 272 (118th) Calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to immediately release United States citizen Paul Whelan.
- H.R. 2980 (118th) DOE and NSF Interagency Research Act
- H.R. 4755 (118th) Privacy Enhancing Technology Research Act
- H.R. 8673 (118th) Expanding Partnerships for Innovation and Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 3541 (118th) Accounting STEM Pursuit Act of 2023
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.