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: Mar 8, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1656.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1122):Article I, Section VIII of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1656, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23b7fec1e0b3e94d31bb6ac6dc459ecd022e82246d4a5933b929dc543d6f37bb
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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1656, last updated June 6, 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
25 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 25 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Earl Carter (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), John Joyce (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Bill Posey (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Van Taylor (R-TX), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Valadao (R-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry.
- H.R. 2800 (117th) WINGMAN Act
- H.R. 3256 (117th) Defund the Wuhan Institute of Virology Act
- H.Res. 160 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should rebid the 2022 Winter Olympic Games…
- H.R. 6319 (117th) Falun Gong Protection Act
- H.R. 2798 (117th) To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2938 (117th) Putting Americans First 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.