House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1593.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 40, March 3, 2021, Page H1081):Article 1, 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. 1593, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1593
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec5e4f48d656e6154d9cc6184c7806ca726540da143042711c9323bdff15b343
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. 1593, 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
63 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 31 Democrats
32 of 63 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), James Himes (D-CT), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith.
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- H.R. 4350 (117th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
- H.R. 7900 (117th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- H.Con.Res. 121 (117th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 7776.
- H.Con.Res. 64 (117th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 1605.
- H.Res. 1512 (117th) Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 7776, with an amendment.
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.