House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act
Open in Bill Explorer →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 Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8992.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4589):Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Border SecuritySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 247 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8992, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 2024
- 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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 4, 2024). 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Eric Sorensen (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gabe Vasquez.
- H.R. 5669 (118th) Parity for Tribal Educators Act
- H.R. 9129 (118th) Patient Debt Relief Act
- H.R. 2915 (118th) Farm Workforce Support Act of 2023
- H.R. 3658 (118th) Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act
- H.R. 8514 (118th) Veteran Education Assistance Adjustment Act
- H.R. 6280 (118th) Smart Border Protection 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.