House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 9, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2985.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAMB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 77, May 4, 2021, Page H2142):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2985, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2985, 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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 8 Democrats
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Tom Rice (R-SC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Conor Lamb.
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- H.R. 4270 (117th) Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
- H.R. 2549 (117th) Tax Fairness for Workers Act
- H.R. 5254 (117th) SEED Act
- H.R. 3252 (117th) Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act
- H.R. 2789 (117th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer a pilot program to employ veterans in positions that relate to conservation and…
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.