House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8985.
- 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. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4589):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit federal courts from enforcing abortion clauses in surrogacy contracts.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8985, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 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 August 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8985, last updated August 21, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Mary Miller (R-IL), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Barry Moore (R-AL), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Greg Pence (R-IN), Keith Self (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andrew Ogles.
- H.R. 7673 (118th) Liberty in Laundry Act
- H.R. 2440 (118th) Covenant School Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 5806 (118th) Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2023
- H.R. 812 (118th) Inflation Reduction Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1378 (118th) Providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump was an abhorrent…
- H.R. 8847 (118th) Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act
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.