House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
NOPAIN Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3259.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 84, May 14, 2021, Page H2357):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3259, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3259
- 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
125 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 84 Democrats
41 of 125 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), John Curtis (R-UT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and 95 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell.
- H.R. 951 (117th) Maternal Vaccination Act
- H.R. 3222 (117th) Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 4 (117th) John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 1946 (117th) Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021
- H.R. 2256 (117th) Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021
- H.R. 1321 (117th) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021
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.