House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2021
- Committee actionOct 13, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 450.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 160.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-626 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 14, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/626
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 160, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83cf72cd564e474800c33013aa1b41af90c060035b2ec921041c46ae5ba3ec0a
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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. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H55):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 160, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83cf72cd564e474800c33013aa1b41af90c060035b2ec921041c46ae5ba3ec0a
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 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
34 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 16 Democrats
18 of 34 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Al Lawson (D-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Bill Posey (R-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), W. Steube (R-FL) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto.
- H.R. 49 (117th) To designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, 32806, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4404 (117th) Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act
- H.R. 4406 (117th) Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021
- H.R. 164 (117th) To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3681 (117th) Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2021
- H.R. 1522 (117th) Puerto Rico Statehood Admission 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.