House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3888.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 104, June 15, 2021, Page H2817):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3888, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a23583d7eb6534bb1b8ead043427ee78283a5ef7886d393d3edab0ede56f6882
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3888, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 10 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
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- H.R. 1210 (117th) LEOSA Reform Act
- H.R. 3080 (117th) Back the Blue Act of 2021
- H.R. 1604 (117th) STOP Straw Purchases Act
- H.Res. 1142 (117th) Recognizing 100 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Baltic States.
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.