House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 51, March 18, 2021, Page H1583):Article I, Section VIII, U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2022, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91a4da6bd7687068def4619ffec12729c8228dcaa5fe58a9688d6d870ceea931
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2022, last updated December 5, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
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- H.R. 4266 (117th) Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 3869 (117th) Pro-Growth Budgeting Act
- H.Res. 267 (117th) Recognizing the duty of the House of Representatives to abandon Modern Monetary Theory and recognizing that the acceptance of Modern…
- H.Res. 435 (117th) Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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.