House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-326
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Became law on Jan 13, 2021.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee actionDec 16, 2020
- Passed HouseJan 11, 2019 · 411–1
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 31, 2020
- To the PresidentJan 1, 2021
- Became lawJan 13, 2021
Latest action: Jan 13, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 116-326.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 221.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H217):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 221, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/221
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 December 6, 2025). 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
87 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 58 Democrats
58 of 87 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 1058 (116th) Autism CARES Act of 2019
- H.R. 3289 (116th) Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019
- H.R. 8438 (116th) Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020
- H.R. 3460 (116th) End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act
- H.R. 7276 (116th) Desert Locust Control Act
- H.R. 4686 (116th) Sami’s Law
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.