House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hammers' Law
Official title: To provide authorization for nonpecuniary damages in an action resulting from a cruise ship voyage occurring on the high seas.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Bacon R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2922.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2922, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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 — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Doris Matsui (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4583 (119th) Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3946 (119th) FIGHT Act of 2025
- H.R. 1046 (119th) Marc Fischer Memorial Act
Related bills
- S. 1423 (119th) Hammers' LawIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.