House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8249.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 78, May 6, 2024, Page H2875):Article I Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: TradeSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 6, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8249, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b5f5ad86fe918ee3d4c40adbdcbb9e60d39fa63660dfcf2a7bc08162914f0f1
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 December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8249, last updated December 19, 2024. 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
- H.R. 2370 (118th) Access to AEDs Act
- H.R. 645 (118th) Healthy Foundations for Homeless Veterans Act
- H.Res. 455 (118th) Expressing support for Black service members this Memorial Day who gave their lives to protect and defend the United States at home and…
- H.R. 901 (118th) Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023
- H.Res. 615 (118th) Condemning revisionist education and revisionist history as it relates to the African-American experience.
- H.Res. 709 (118th) Supporting the designation of September 2023 as "National Cholesterol Education Month", and September 30, 2023, as LDL-C Awareness Day.
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.