House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2021
- Committee actionMay 12, 2021
- Passed HouseJun 24, 2021 · 252–176
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1443.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1443, LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act” on May 4, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on June 24, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58078
- CBO publication date
- May 4, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1443, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-65 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 17, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2021 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/65
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1443, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 37, February 26, 2021, Page H860):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2021 ↗
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- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1443, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres.
- H.R. 7077 (117th) Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- H.R. 4611 (117th) DHS Software Supply Chain Risk Management Act of 2021
- H.R. 6528 (117th) Housing Temperature Safety Act of 2022
- H.R. 3968 (117th) Municipal IDs Acceptance Act
- H.R. 3548 (117th) Keeping Our Promise Act
- H.Res. 507 (117th) Condemning the rise in hate against the transgender and nonbinary community.
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.