House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2208.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1693):THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 341 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2208, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2208
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 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 June 20, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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.