House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pro Codes Act
Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to reaffirm the importance of, and include requirements for, works incorporated by reference into law, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Darrell Issa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4072.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 107, June 23, 2025, Page H2889):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4072, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4072
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- 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 June 11, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Lance Gooden (R-TX), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1526 (119th) NORRA of 2025
- H.R. 5682 (119th) To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 300 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3770 (119th) FIREARM Act
- H.R. 1109 (119th) Litigation Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 1702 (119th) JUDGES Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 4009 (119th) Pro Codes ActRelated bill
- S. 4145 (119th) Pro Codes Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.