House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedMay 12, 2021
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 12, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3148.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACOBS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 82, May 12, 2021, Page H2271):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3148, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), J. Hill (R-AR), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), David Rouzer (R-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Jacobs.
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- H.R. 3770 (117th) Northern Border Reopening Transparency Act
- H.R. 6565 (117th) Kids in Classes Act
- H.Res. 599 (117th) Expressing the need to safely evacuate United States citizens and allies from Afghanistan.
- H.R. 5311 (117th) To appropriate amounts to be made available for the procurement of an Iron Dome system by Israel, and for other purposes.
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.