House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 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. 8398.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 83, May 14, 2024, Page H3205):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 The single subject of this legislation is: TradeSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 86 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8398, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 8398, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Republicans
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), John Curtis (R-UT), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Carol Miller (R-WV), Blake Moore (R-UT), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 8413 (118th) Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act
- H.R. 7507 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, as the ‘William E.…
- H.R. 3801 (118th) Employer Reporting Improvement Act
- H.J.Res. 62 (118th) Providing for the reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 63 (118th) Providing for the appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 64 (118th) Providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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.