House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring Court Authority Over Litigation Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Fitzgerald R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. 7947.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2317):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits Federal agencies from regulating licensed attorneys engaged in litigation activities.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 195 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7947, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7947
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 23, 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 December 23, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3089 (118th) NDO Fairness Act
- H.R. 5535 (118th) Insurance Data Protection Act
- H.J.Res. 125 (118th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Board of Governors of…
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.