House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
NETWORKS Act
Official title: To impose sanctions with respect to foreign telecommunications companies engaged in economic or industrial espionage against United States persons, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1795.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 40, March 3, 2025, Page H946):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1795, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 1, 2025). 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Dale Strong (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan.
- H.R. 2846 (119th) To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public…
- H.R. 250 (119th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.
- H.R. 730 (119th) Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act
- H.R. 2439 (119th) Support UNFPA Funding Act
- H.Res. 1380 (119th) Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.
- H.R. 8175 (119th) To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.