House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GREENE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):Article I, Section 8, United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide protections for nonviolent political protesters, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 214 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7540, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2024
- 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 July 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7540, last updated July 9, 2024. 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
No cosponsors.
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.