House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2024
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 107, June 26, 2024, Page H4321):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require the inclusion of the Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science of China on the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8847, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 29, 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.
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Barry Moore (R-AL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
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.