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: Jun 16, 2021 — Committee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2070.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 51, March 18, 2021, Page H1584):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2070, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2070, 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
76 cosponsors — 76 Democrats
0 of 76 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cori Bush (D-MO), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL) and 46 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.