House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2021
- Committee actionMay 17, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4395.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 120, July 9, 2021, Page H3618):Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 161 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4395, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4395
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b2bb3f8df38ecd6a1bbb18f97607c87fc4be0e613b1a59e119692ab1d3e1f44
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4395, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
49 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 41 Democrats
8 of 49 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), David Kustoff (R-TN), Al Lawson (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
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- H.R. 6387 (117th) School and Daycare Protection Act
- H.R. 1655 (117th) Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2021
- H.R. 2594 (117th) Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act
- H.R. 3159 (117th) Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback 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.