House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7201.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 19, February 1, 2024, Page H389):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Streamlining Federal Access to Scientific Research.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 219 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7201, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7201
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
365590a336bb5bb0a3a832c5c990ca6bfcfb24e514257395f4ea093ce98013a8
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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7201, last updated February 4, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5797 (118th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2023
- H.Res. 641 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
- H.Res. 112 (118th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora…
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.