House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 9879.
- 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. 170, No. 151, September 27, 2024, Page H5839):Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with the authority to temporarily and permanently schedule synthetic analogues of controlled substances as Schedule A drugs, in order to prevent their unlawful importation, manufacture, and abuse.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 346 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9879, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e50c68c5c542c3a49f4e5a8dd16fd360860d13181951d7c921bcb2816681a506
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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9879, last updated December 16, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
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- 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 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.