House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2021
- Committee actionMay 19, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1135.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HASTINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H537):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1135, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a27f88358e4a747c327c0787097f3fcc39518e3b870de74b9968585e18668951
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1135, last updated April 7, 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
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alcee Hastings.
- H.R. 400 (117th) Civics Learning Act of 2021
- H.R. 1744 (117th) Humane Research and Testing Act of 2021
- H.R. 469 (117th) Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2021
- H.R. 1054 (117th) Teacher Victims’ Family Assistance Act of 2021
- H.R. 1134 (117th) African Descent Affairs Act of 2021
- H.Res. 132 (117th) Recognizing people of African descent and Black Europeans.
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.