House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1355.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 36, February 25, 2021, Page H731):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1355, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
409c260d1e4d5268a65a26875d159c1d1a4d033ca05ac868a60aa17a27584eb3
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1355, last updated December 5, 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
77 cosponsors — 49 Republicans, 28 Democrats
49 of 77 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Mark Green (R-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and 47 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.