House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Broadband Justice Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 1904.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOWMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 49, March 16, 2021, Page H1413):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1904, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1904
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 15, 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 May 15, 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Cori Bush (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.