Porch Pirates Act of 2024
Latest action · Jul 30, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2024 to Oct 11, 2024; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-CA | Michelle Steel | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 3, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 11, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2024Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2024Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5187 | Katie Porter D-CA | Sep 11, 2024 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 124, July 30, 2024, page H4965.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend to matter left for collection by private or commercial interstate carriers the same protections as matter carried throughout the country as interstate or foreign commerce.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Porch Pirates Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
