House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2021
- Committee actionMay 17, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4140.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-368 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on June 14, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/368
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4140, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23a92bd49c8e0135b846d7d40b5ce00ea90d77b8c5756ea76fc5207a0b997fcf
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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. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 110, June 24, 2021, Page H3134):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4140, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23a92bd49c8e0135b846d7d40b5ce00ea90d77b8c5756ea76fc5207a0b997fcf
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 (as of April 7, 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
20 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 20 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Ben Cline (R-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson.
- H.R. 5609 (117th) Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021
- H.R. 1638 (117th) Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance Act
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- H.R. 5735 (117th) State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
- H.R. 3104 (117th) Get Americans Back To Work Act
- H.R. 7466 (117th) Traveler's Gun Rights Act
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.