House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. 9745.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 147, September 20, 2024, Page H5563):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Defense and Law EnforcementSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9745, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9745
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 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 September 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9745, last updated September 9, 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
44 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 44 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duarte (R-CA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Mike Flood (R-NE), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), James Moylan (R-GU) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Waltz.
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.