House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2021
- Committee actionJun 23, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 23.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3968.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3968, Municipal IDs Acceptance Act” on February 9, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 23, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 9, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57834
- CBO publication date
- February 9, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3968, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 106, June 17, 2021, Page H2928):Article I, section 8;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3968, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3968, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres.
- H.R. 7077 (117th) Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- H.R. 1443 (117th) LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act
- H.R. 4611 (117th) DHS Software Supply Chain Risk Management Act of 2021
- H.R. 6528 (117th) Housing Temperature Safety Act of 2022
- H.R. 3548 (117th) Keeping Our Promise Act
- H.Res. 507 (117th) Condemning the rise in hate against the transgender and nonbinary community.
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.