House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
American Families United Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2021
- Committee actionJul 27, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2920.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 75, April 30, 2021, Page H2135):THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the . United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 343 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2920, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2920
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ccd18498ff506f9cd758ea2791b6bff62f5a20523e1a6eb09bfd97bd718dfe20
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2920, last updated January 3, 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
80 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 77 Democrats
3 of 80 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar.
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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.