House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Wenstrup R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 23, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4071.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 108, June 22, 2021, Page H3007):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4071, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4071
- 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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Republicans
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Pat Fallon (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jody Hice (R-GA), J. Hill (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.