House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Broadcast VOICES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8072.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HORSFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 68, April 18, 2024, Page H2522):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: TelecommunicationsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8072, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8072
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 26, 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 26, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV).
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.