HR 4267 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

Protect Our Civil Liberties Act

Latest action · Jun 23, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 21, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 8

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
HouseIntelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jun 23, 2023
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Jun 22, 2023
Aviation Subcommittee
Referred Jun 22, 2023
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
Referred Jun 22, 2023
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  3. Jun 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
  4. Jun 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  5. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House
  6. Jun 21, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation protects civil liberties by repealing the USA Patriot Act and FISA Amendments Act of 2008.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 108, June 21, 2023, page H3073.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal the USA PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Protect Our Civil Liberties Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House

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