House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Fitzgerald R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3494.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 91, May 25, 2021, Page H2667):Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clauses 1 and 4 of the Constitution, in that the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases that are subject to legislation by Congress; Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 860 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3494, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e372bc3360a45859ad30fbf3c40b2d94436197d0ea459d808eaba4ddeb1165a1
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 April 7, 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Republicans
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), W. Steube (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald.
- H.R. 3239 (117th) To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
- H.R. 6671 (117th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces, granted a general discharge under honorable conditions…
- H.Res. 1238 (117th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the October 4, 2021…
- H.R. 5162 (117th) CRT Transparency Act
- H.R. 7510 (117th) National Education Association Charter Repeal Act
- H.R. 5639 (117th) Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure 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.