House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
COUNTER Act
Official title: To protect the United States and assets of the United States from incursions.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3463.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 82, May 15, 2025, Page H2105):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3463, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3463
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 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 19, 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
40 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 40 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), J. Hill (R-AR), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Max Miller (R-OH), Dave Min (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Keith Self (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
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- H.J.Res. 35 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 1949 (119th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
- H.R. 884 (119th) To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the…
- H.R. 7084 (119th) Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
- H.R. 881 (119th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Related bills
- S. 1793 (119th) COUNTER ActIdentical 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.