House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
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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 Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3262.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. UPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 84, May 14, 2021, Page H2357):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several statesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 103 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3262, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 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 16, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton.
- H.R. 3078 (117th) Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
- H.R. 1525 (117th) DIGITAL Applications Act
- H.R. 1717 (117th) Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021
- H.R. 1599 (117th) Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- H.R. 1600 (117th) Methane Emissions Reduction Act
- H.R. 3801 (117th) SHIELD Act
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.