House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
TELL Act
Official title: To require that any person that maintains an internet website or that sells or distributes a mobile application that stores and maintains information collected from such website or application in the People's Republic of China to disclose that such information is stored and maintained in the People's Republic of China and whether the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese State-owned entity has access to such information.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Allen R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2403.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2403, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2777e9df2eb6312e4441a98ccc9fda2e4e6ed5a5dc295ae0d2357b465a9b5e31
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 November 18, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
- H.R. 2988 (119th) Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
- H.R. 4626 (119th) Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
- H.R. 4122 (119th) Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 4214 (119th) Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 5169 (119th) Retire through Ownership Act
- H.R. 7895 (119th) PBM Kickback Prohibition Act
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.