House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2024
- Committee actionSep 25, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8119.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8119, PEARL Act” on November 19, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61005
- CBO publication date
- November 19, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8119, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8119
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 71, April 23, 2024, Page H2628):Article I, Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as thetapy dogs, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8119, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8119
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de3c23f68de04646f89e5eb539b029bd162497c33ef6298002ace56d5bda2981
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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8119, last updated May 27, 2025. 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
28 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 28 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Mike Carey (R-OH), J. Correa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Mark Green (R-TN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Trone (D-MD).
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.