House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1604.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1120):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1604, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1604
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0a0e9040203bd418cbacc0d068229cbc4d1e37c4bd83327cccd6a2fcfc47d0b7
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1604, last updated January 3, 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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
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- H.R. 5658 (117th) DHS Roles and Responsibilities in Cyber Space Act
- H.R. 1210 (117th) LEOSA Reform Act
- H.R. 3080 (117th) Back the Blue Act of 2021
- H.R. 3888 (117th) CHIP IN for Veterans Act
- H.Res. 1142 (117th) Recognizing 100 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Baltic States.
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.