House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 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. 2222.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1693):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2222, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2222
- 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.
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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
128 cosponsors — 128 Democrats
0 of 128 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and 98 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
- H.R. 1573 (117th) Access to Counsel Act of 2021
- H.R. 3771 (117th) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022
- H.R. 3825 (117th) Ending Platform Monopolies Act
- H.R. 8361 (117th) Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act
- H.R. 4826 (117th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- H.R. 5165 (117th) Improving Medicare Coverage Act
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.