House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Malign CCP Influence on Academic Institutions Act
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 944.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H828):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: CCP malign influence in educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 944, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 5, 2025). 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
24 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Mary Miller (R-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), George Santos (R-NY), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
- H.R. 192 (118th) To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the…
- H.R. 1516 (118th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
- H.R. 3343 (118th) Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
- H.R. 5947 (118th) To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 57 (118th) Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel.
- H.R. 7176 (118th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.