House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 398.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H224):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 398, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d4626724583fbcf22080ecb36e71071986ae8f8535505c3a3c09dbdeffa3007
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. 398, 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Tom Rice (R-SC), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), W. Steube (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Good.
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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.