House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2021
- Committee actionJun 23, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2689.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 68, April 20, 2021, Page H1999):Taxing and Spending Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 1--provides Congress authority to, inter alia, enact spending legislation. Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 3--provides Congress with the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states, including the use of the channels of interstate commerce, the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce. Necessary and Proper Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 18--allows Congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for executing its enumerated powers and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S. Government.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 669 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2689, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c49e7e3a5f0361c96038b36a4ae99a1c80b246022433fc53ba71e66d211f9a96
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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2689, last updated January 20, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), James Himes (D-CT), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
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- H.Res. 517 (117th) Original Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution of 2021
- H.R. 68 (117th) Housing Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 4619 (117th) To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit trading ahead by market makers, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 166 (117th) Fair Lending for All Act
- H.R. 2516 (117th) Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking 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.