House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3169.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VEASEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 82, May 12, 2021, Page H2272):Article 1, Section 8 (relating to interstate commerce)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3169, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3169
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93026852529e74b2e09b169a388b1b70671ed53313c4f2245edefc5b6dbede95
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. 3169, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marc Veasey.
- H.R. 1664 (117th) To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs…
- H.Res. 1394 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of September 2022 as "National Voting Rights Month".
- H.R. 340 (117th) Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021
- H.R. 1992 (117th) SCALE Act
- H.Res. 700 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of September 2021 as "National Voting Rights Month".
- H.R. 1721 (117th) To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide…
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.