House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 66, April 16, 2021, Page H1891):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2612, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
210a3943c3f38f995db02aeba3dd25b8ceea85678d6070c24ab1d4b2d3c369fd
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 January 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2612, last updated January 24, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Liz Cheney (R-WY), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
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- H.R. 1927 (117th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021
- H.R. 1926 (117th) Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021
- H.R. 9554 (117th) To prohibit the use of Federal funds to negotiate or contribute to international agreements that provide for "loss and damage" funds as a…
- H.R. 4504 (117th) Tribal Biochar Promotion 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.