House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
End the Threat of Default Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3305.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 86, May 18, 2021, Page H2541):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3305, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3305
- 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), James Himes (D-CT), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 25 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.