House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Global Health Security Act of 2021

H.R. 391Introduced Jan 21, 2021Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 21, 2021
Committee actionMar 25, 2021
Passed HouseJun 28, 2021 · 307–112
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 12, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 391.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 391, Global Health Security Act of 2021” on May 11, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 391, 117th Congress
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May 28, 2025
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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. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H224):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 391, 117th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 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

77 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 71 Democrats

6 of 77 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 47 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-11 district

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