House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
NEAR Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2021
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2533.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 64, April 14, 2021, Page H1791):Article 1, Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 283 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2533, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2533
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
780e6f7cb81b44d679e161a2552dfafa84cecb8c675efe9080823f52c4d6a83c
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2533, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Brian Mast (R-FL), Deborah Ross (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
- H.R. 413 (117th) SAFE for America Act of 2021
- H.R. 2104 (117th) RECAL Act
- H.Res. 655 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 18 through September 25, 2021, as "National Estuaries Week".
- H.Res. 1358 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 17 through September 24, 2022, as "National Estuaries Week".
- H.R. 1369 (117th) American Space Commerce Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1329 (117th) Recognizing the need for greater access to rural and agricultural media programming.
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.