House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Secretary of Defense to appropriately consider Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial base cooperation activities.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Steel R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8238.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 76, May 2, 2024, Page H2836):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: DefenseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8238, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1745e8e5a68c5e5e9e27a9d8bd7821be23b0ed5b9e869a1e24510dc874bf592
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 September 9, 2025). 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), 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.