House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2021
- Committee actionMar 25, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2021
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1079.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1079, Desert Locust Control Act” on April 9, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57133
- CBO publication date
- April 9, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1079, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- 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. 167, No. 29, February 15, 2021, Page H515):Article I Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1079, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf05980817d2e42d0218778d4d30bcaa6372171e20a9dec39e581426cabd2cce
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1079, last updated May 28, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 1082 (117th) Sami's Law
- H.R. 6552 (117th) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 18 (117th) No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2021
- H.R. 1080 (117th) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
- H.R. 8814 (117th) Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act
- H.R. 7773 (117th) Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act
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.