House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 13, 2021 · 323–93
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2877.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 73, April 28, 2021, Page H2128):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2877, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2877
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5467033eb5229101a4036bd5fd939eeef5233c7c045c2be7e9cb2e3f65157631
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2877, last updated December 5, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. A. Ferguson.
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- H.R. 8006 (117th) Student Loan Accountability Act
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- H.R. 3038 (117th) Airline Pilots Retirement Security Act
- H.R. 5161 (117th) Expanding Small Employer Pooling Options for Paid Family Leave 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.