House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2021
- Committee actionJun 23, 2021
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2022 · 242–184
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3843.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021” on September 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 26, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58527
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3843, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3843
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-493 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 26, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/493
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3843, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec62f7b32fa4f161a7d453001e5b3562bc551f620c95cffd9afb2d1f282f1ce7
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 102, June 11, 2021, Page H2710):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3843, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec62f7b32fa4f161a7d453001e5b3562bc551f620c95cffd9afb2d1f282f1ce7
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
39 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 29 Democrats
10 of 39 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Buck (R-CO), André Carson (D-IN), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), David Cicilline (D-RI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Katie Porter (D-CA) and 9 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.