House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2021 · 396–13
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2022 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1215.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 34, February 23, 2021, Page H588):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1215, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5182a74dcad170c0408ac517443eda46ff27a51ba683f33d90740503c5a260d5
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 September 8, 2026). 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
21 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 14 Democrats
7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Van Taylor (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Peter Welch (D-VT), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.
- H.R. 3894 (117th) CARING for Social Determinants Act of 2021
- H.R. 2864 (117th) Clean Slate Act of 2021
- H.R. 3293 (117th) Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2021
- H.R. 3085 (117th) ENACT Act of 2021
- H.R. 2126 (117th) Housing Supply and Affordability Act
- H.R. 4944 (117th) Helping Kids Cope Act of 2021
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.