House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1585.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 40, March 3, 2021, Page H1081):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1585, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1585, 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
128 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 111 Democrats
17 of 128 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and 98 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 3525 (117th) Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act
- H.R. 1158 (117th) Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2021
- H.R. 826 (117th) Divided Families Reunification Act
- H.R. 1843 (117th) COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
- H.Res. 151 (117th) Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19.
- H.R. 3614 (117th) Menstrual Equity For All 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.