House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 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. 3080.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 81, May 11, 2021, Page H2195):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3080, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3080
- 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.
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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
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
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.