House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
PAWS Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 26, February 11, 2021, Page H503):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1022, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1022, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
43 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 43 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Greg Pence (R-IN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Tom Reed (R-NY), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.