House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and report on anticompetitive practices and violations of the antitrust laws in the fire truck manufacturing industry.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 203.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALINT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5024):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 203, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/203
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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.
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Ben Cline (R-VA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Josh Riley (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Becca Balint.
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- H.R. 3708 (119th) No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act
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