House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6985.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TRONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 6, January 11, 2024, Page H108):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To provide a valid photo-identification card to qualified individuals upon release from BOP custody.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 205 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6985, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6985, last updated December 5, 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
23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 11 Democrats
12 of 23 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Trone.
- H.R. 1727 (118th) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension Act
- H.R. 4190 (118th) Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
- H.R. 3074 (118th) Due Process Continuity of Care Act
- H.R. 5163 (118th) Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services Act
- H.R. 3879 (118th) Supporting Families through Addiction Act of 2023
- H.R. 6928 (118th) CONNECT Act of 2024
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.