House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Smith D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 2, 2021
- Committee actionSep 1, 2021
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2021 · 316–113
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2022 — Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 144.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4350.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022” on September 9, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on September 2, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57457
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4350, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022” on September 15, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on September 10, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57471
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4350, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5d0524012917c39729cd148c78d8adb013675f1c95c2d7beef57d27cd5eacc33
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 117-118 ↗; H. Rept. 117-118,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on September 17, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/118
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/118 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4350, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5d0524012917c39729cd148c78d8adb013675f1c95c2d7beef57d27cd5eacc33
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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. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 116, July 2, 2021, Pages H3606-H3607):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 343 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4350, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 17, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5d0524012917c39729cd148c78d8adb013675f1c95c2d7beef57d27cd5eacc33
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
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- H.Con.Res. 64 (117th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 1605.
- H.Res. 1512 (117th) Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 7776, with an amendment.
- H.R. 1593 (117th) Adoptee Citizenship 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.