House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2021
- Committee actionMay 19, 2022
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2022 · 429–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5274.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5274, PREVENT ACT of 2021” on June 17, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 19, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58217
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5274, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65e2294d768b65549574b9f3954fa1f306ff80c3f3faee928efe65172937af3a
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-375 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 17, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/375
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5274, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65e2294d768b65549574b9f3954fa1f306ff80c3f3faee928efe65172937af3a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 161, September 17, 2021, Page H4530):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5274, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65e2294d768b65549574b9f3954fa1f306ff80c3f3faee928efe65172937af3a
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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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), J. Correa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.