House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
LIFT America Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 20, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1848.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 46, March 11, 2021, Page H1358):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian TribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 169 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1848, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1848
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 2025). 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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), A. McEachin (D-VA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone.
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- H.R. 4369 (117th) National Centers of Excellence in Advanced and Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2021
- H.R. 8152 (117th) American Data Privacy and Protection Act
- H.R. 3 (117th) Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
- H.R. 3116 (117th) COAST Anti-Drilling 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.