House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 20, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5053.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLRED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 148, August 20, 2021, Page H4343):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 20, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5053, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5053
- 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.
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
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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.