House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2021
- Committee actionSep 21, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2022 · 376–44
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2521.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2521, Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2021” on October 24, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58562
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2521, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5318ab11b7e1fa427c137f8bd220f003bd9f508961de1dbf59987424d07b2995
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 64, April 14, 2021, Page H1791):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2521, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5318ab11b7e1fa427c137f8bd220f003bd9f508961de1dbf59987424d07b2995
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2521, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Kat Cammack (R-FL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
- H.R. 1352 (117th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021
- H.R. 6546 (117th) Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 885 (117th) Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act
- H.R. 2033 (117th) Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act
- H.Res. 518 (117th) USPS 50th Anniversary Resolution
- H.R. 2661 (117th) Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2021
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.