House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2021
- Committee actionApr 28, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 30, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1492.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-672 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 30, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 30, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/672
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1492, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31ef06f04b30ac9abb1d5aa7f2c1a2d3ac996e3009fee750607b1f608a11bfee
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeGETTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 39, March 2, 2021, Page H1015):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1492, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31ef06f04b30ac9abb1d5aa7f2c1a2d3ac996e3009fee750607b1f608a11bfee
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 (as of April 7, 2025). 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 — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Katie Porter (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette.
- H.R. 803 (117th) Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act
- H.J.Res. 34 (117th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 869 (117th) RISE Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1522 (117th) Condemning the horrific attack on November 19, 2022, at Club Q, honoring the memories of those who were murdered, and offering support to…
- H.R. 9207 (117th) Keep Americans Safe Act
- H.R. 6000 (117th) Cures 2.0 Act
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.