House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Protecting American Competition Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to require a competitive market review of applications for a license to export, reexport, or transfer in-country certain technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Darrell Issa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2026
- Committee actionApr 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8285.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8285, Protecting American Competition Act of 2026” on May 26, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62455
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8285, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- 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. 172, No. 66, April 15, 2026, Page H2925):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8285, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d2294bf6fa5b8bd33fd4b11e32c81934ac26ad396da4c29de2d6efafd7c394c2
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
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- 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
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.