House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 79.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H109):Article 1, Section 8 By Mr. BIGGS H.R. 80. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 79, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/79
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
780bc0dacaddf1ec406037c8b2bcdd465d647f946eda08fd9347b60e6ef9d1a0
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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 79, last updated June 11, 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
60 cosponsors — 60 Republicans
0 of 60 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Curtis (R-UT), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs.
- H.R. 115 (118th) Midnight Rules Relief Act
- H.R. 6570 (118th) Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023
- H.R. 10062 (118th) Freedom to Petition the Government Act
- H.R. 7533 (118th) Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act
- H.R. 2928 (118th) Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2023
- H.Res. 89 (118th) Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.