House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Committee actionNov 17, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 402.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 404.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 404, Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act” on November 7, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 17, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58712
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 404, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/404
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
186c901b652448fbf967e487efdbeb2dad81a846a4d73ab4105eb8eb604b26e2
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-561 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/561
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 404, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/404
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
186c901b652448fbf967e487efdbeb2dad81a846a4d73ab4105eb8eb604b26e2
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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. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 12, January 21, 2021, Page H224):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: 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. 404, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/404
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
186c901b652448fbf967e487efdbeb2dad81a846a4d73ab4105eb8eb604b26e2
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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
24 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 17 Democrats
7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Doris Matsui (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Tom Rice (R-SC), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4146 (117th) Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1195 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
- H.Res. 490 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
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.