House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Massie R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8134.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 72, April 26, 2024, Page H2635):Article I Section 8 Clause 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Intellectual PropertySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8134, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2190ea864d0c6da50a30dc226aa28158fff2bbb141b341c6f64ec86bfea9927e
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 17, 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
13 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Michael Cloud (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Chip Roy (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.Res. 1071 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6276) to direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Office of…
- H.Res. 1137 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7888) to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978; providing for…
- H.Res. 199 (118th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 140) to amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit Federal employees from advocating for…
- H.Res. 495 (118th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 44) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.R. 185 (118th) To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination…
- H.R. 6824 (118th) NICS Data Reporting Act
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.