House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No PRC Seafood in Congress Act
Official title: To prohibit Chinese seafood products in congressional dining facilities, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10176.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 136, August 27, 2026, Page H5258):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10176, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10176
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c82edc8236f40e2e373ecc14b68461546b9b006d89ff168b5c8b5230bf454b38
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 October 22, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.