House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
FDA Modernization Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2565.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 65, April 15, 2021, Page H1843):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 164 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2565, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
114 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 70 Democrats
70 of 114 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Pat Fallon (R-TX) and 84 more.
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.