House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Democracy in Burma Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 25, 2021
- Passed HouseMar 18, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 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. 1112.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1112, Protect Democracy in Burma Act of 2021” on March 18, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 25, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57069
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1112, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1112
- 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. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H536):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1112, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1112
- 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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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. 1112, 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
26 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 19 Democrats
7 of 26 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), David Price (D-NC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Norma Torres (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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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.