House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Sovereign Debt Contract Capacity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2021
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 25, 2021 · 391–29
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 26, 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. 4111.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 109, June 23, 2021, Page H3083):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 168 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4111, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4111
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 2547 (117th) Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act
- H.R. 2543 (117th) Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act
- H.R. 7734 (117th) Timely Delivery of Bank Secrecy Act Reports Act
- H.R. 1528 (117th) Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act
- H.R. 4495 (117th) Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021
- H.R. 5196 (117th) Expediting Assistance to Renters and Landlords Act of 2021
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.