House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Yes In My Backyard Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3198.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 83, May 13, 2021, Page H2316):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3198, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3198
- 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. 3198, 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
24 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 24 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), David Kustoff (R-TN), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Blake Moore (R-UT), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Van Taylor (R-TX), William Timmons (R-SC), Norma Torres (D-CA), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
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.