House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9707.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 204, January 3, 2023, Page H10550):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9707, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50611c1a5113e95d5b741ce9f8b4071b33cb7d166590df8b4c4fa1e17fece949
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 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9707, last updated August 7, 2025. 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 — 1 Republican, 10 Democrats
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff.
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- H.R. 4392 (118th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023
- H.R. 6063 (118th) Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2023
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.