House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
21st Century FTC Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4447.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 125, July 16, 2021, Page H3633):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4447, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4447
- 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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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 December 17, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor.
- H.R. 1550 (117th) PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2021
- H.R. 3183 (117th) Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
- H.Con.Res. 33 (117th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.R. 3982 (117th) Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2021
- H.Res. 686 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of September 28, 2021, as "National Voter Registration Day".
- H.R. 6759 (117th) Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2022
Related bills
- H.R. 10540 (119th) 21st Century FTC ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.