House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7131.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Page H316):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to establish an additional reporting requirement, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 215 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7131, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7131
- 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. 7131, 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
30 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 30 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), James Baird (R-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Ben Cline (R-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), David Valadao (R-CA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Steve Womack (R-AR).
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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.