House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
PROTECT Taiwan Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- Committee actionFeb 28, 2023
- Passed HouseJan 12, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 803.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 803, Pressure Regulatory Organizations to End Chinese Threats to Taiwan Act” on March 7, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 28, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58973
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 803, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/803
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-286 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 1, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2023 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/286
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 803, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/803
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c079324084c90c4e05bede356a31b4419978453c8dfcfa18eac14573e8b6785
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H682):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: Taiwan relationsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗
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- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 803, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/803
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c079324084c90c4e05bede356a31b4419978453c8dfcfa18eac14573e8b6785
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Michael Lawler (R-NY).
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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.