House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Official Palestine Entry Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2024
- Committee actionJul 10, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 18.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8345.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8345, No Official Palestine Entry Act of 2024” on August 14, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 11, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60532
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8345, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8345
- 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. BAIRD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3006):``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: To limit funds to the United Nations and other organizations that provide any status, rights, or privileges beyond observer status to the Palestine Liberation Organization, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 624 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8345, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8345
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 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
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Michael Guest (R-MS), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Greg Pence (R-IN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
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.