House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Chinese Spy Balloon Assessment Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report about the effects on national security of the surveillance conducted by the People's Republic of China via the high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down in the airspace of the United States in February 2023, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 934.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H460):Article I, Section 8, of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 934, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/934
- 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.
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
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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.