House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4889.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 134, July 30, 2021, Page H4307):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4889, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4889, last updated December 5, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Carol Miller (R-WV), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Tom Reed (R-NY), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
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- H.R. 7515 (117th) Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2022
- H.R. 8491 (117th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligible practitioners to furnish telehealth services.
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.