House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2022 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 67, April 19, 2021, Page H1955):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 246 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2650, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2650
- 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
33 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 33 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Michael Guest (R-MS), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ralph Norman (R-SC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Tom Rice (R-SC), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT) and 3 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.