House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 13, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5026.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NEWMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 146, August 13, 2021, Page H4331):Clause l of Section 8 of Article I of the Unuited States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5026, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5026
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
16 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marie Newman.
- H.R. 5879 (117th) Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference Clarification Act of 2021
- H.Res. 814 (117th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance of memorializing the lives lost this year to antitransgender violence.
- H.Res. 1488 (117th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people…
- H.R. 4182 (117th) Extinction Crisis Emergency Act of 2021
- H.Res. 642 (117th) Expressing support for recognition of September 14, 2021, as the "National Latino Small Business Day".
- H.R. 2449 (117th) To amend the CARES Act to extend the waiver of matching funds requirement under the women's business center program.
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.