House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 197.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 3, January 5, 2021, Page H74):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 173 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 197, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73c68564782fa6bd0e49810b4a3ed9f4a2304d92ebdb271733043e8b35912830
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. 197, 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 11 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
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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.