House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-106
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2021
- Committee actionJul 14, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2021 · 416–2
- Passed SenateFeb 14, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesFeb 18, 2022
- To the PresidentMar 11, 2022
- Became lawMar 18, 2022
Latest action: Mar 18, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-106.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2497.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 117-58 ↗; H. Rept. 117-100 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 19, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/58
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/100 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2497, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d4730dd54f8b31ba131a744227d092f5bd1bbcea8793f9fed60342c2132afe9c
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 64, April 14, 2021, Page H1790):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2497, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d4730dd54f8b31ba131a744227d092f5bd1bbcea8793f9fed60342c2132afe9c
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 (as of September 8, 2026). 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Ken Buck (R-CO), Ed Case (D-HI), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA).
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.