House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1577.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KIND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 40, March 3, 2021, Page H1081):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1577, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 21, 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
154 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 114 Democrats
40 of 154 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ted Budd (R-NC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK) and 124 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Kind.
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- H.R. 5522 (117th) Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021
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- H.R. 3109 (117th) PHIT Act of 2021
- H.R. 4141 (117th) Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership 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.