House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
RETAIN GPS and Satellite Communications Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. James Cooper D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4634.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 129, July 22, 2021, Page H3845):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 expresses that Congress shall have the power to ``regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 180 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4634, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49744e7ef000a625d367b079ab0adf0e67ed4e3034cd3f60c59308c5ad2f0bfa
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 5, 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
23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 11 Democrats
12 of 23 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Barry Moore (R-AL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Cooper.
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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.