House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2544.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 64, April 14, 2021, Page H1791):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: 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 April 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2544, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2544
- 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 2116 (117th) CROWN Act of 2022
- H.R. 6201 (117th) National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
- H.R. 1893 (117th) Transportation Security Preparedness Act of 2021
- H.R. 370 (117th) Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021
- H.R. 1475 (117th) Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
- H.R. 6856 (117th) Securing Air Travel Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9208 (119th) HEAR Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.