House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 31, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 31, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8587.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 93, May 31, 2024, Page H3542):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the scope of the penalty for crimes against children.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 31, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8587, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 28, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
359805c144824d0154dad9263e5098ee279d6086b61819672b97c2314d11d9a0
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 August 28, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8587, last updated August 28, 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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler.
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.