House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Defunding Unscientific Mask Mandates Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7964.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2318):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits federal funds be used to establish, implement, or enforce any COVID-19 mask mandate.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 196 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7964, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7964
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eric Burlison (R-MO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), W. Steube (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
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.