House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 2021 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Pappas asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1744, a bill originally introduced by Representative Hastings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1744.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HASTINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 45, March 10, 2021, Page H1326):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1744, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1744
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1744, 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
15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 13 Democrats
2 of 15 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alcee Hastings.
- H.R. 1135 (117th) LITE Act
- H.R. 400 (117th) Civics Learning Act of 2021
- H.R. 469 (117th) Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2021
- H.R. 1054 (117th) Teacher Victims’ Family Assistance Act of 2021
- H.R. 1134 (117th) African Descent Affairs Act of 2021
- H.Res. 132 (117th) Recognizing people of African descent and Black Europeans.
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.