House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Save Democracy Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 322.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 9, January 15, 2021, Page H199):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 4, clause I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 322, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
340b3c3b8b103571d243aeeaa4c01e8e477a04b43c84ccc3b116bbb408496193
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. 322, 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
85 cosponsors — 85 Republicans
0 of 85 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS) and 55 more.
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.