House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021

H.R. 4258Introduced Jun 30, 2021Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Where it went

IntroducedJun 30, 2021
Committee actionJul 14, 2022
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 20, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 15.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4258.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021” on November 4, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on July 20, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2022 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58676
CBO publication date
November 4, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4258, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4258
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 114, June 30, 2021, Page H3580):
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4258, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4258
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (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

13 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 11 Democrats

2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.

Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-11 district

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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.